Over and Over

Louis Egbe Mbua

If man was created
To work and keep
Earth’s abundance
Then this task has
To be done well
Over and over!

Repetitive work is good
If it is directed
Towards the greater good
Of man, woman, child
Affecting the entire
World in abundance

Again, a task done
Over and over again
Becomes part of nature
Because man is glued
To the earth to be
Duly recycled.

A catch does exist
In this strange cycle:
Recycling good things
Is of beneficence
But to repeat folly
Is to multiply trouble

Something is grave
In this world of ours:
One man knowing evil
But jumps into the same.
Any reason why a man
Throws away his lamp?

That question, I can’t answer
For there is no answer
But that a mistake can
Only manifest in darkness.
Thus in pure darkness,
Man learns not!

While in the dark
He pursues his wants
But a want in the dark
Can never be for all,
Since the vast majority
Of man is not blind.

Thus a man in isolation
May become blind while
a man of the people can
Never be blind:
Even if he sees not,
He will be led to light.

The fact of the
Matter is that
Though we may see
We become blind alone,
So we make same errors
Over and over!