#Day6
LIVE OR DIE
Sweat flowing down like a river
Eyes hot and red in its sockets
Heart burning in flames
Either I live or die
Thorns of steps are on my way
The only route to the pinnacle of success
Got to zip my pain up and cross
Either I live or I die
No guts, no glory
No plots, no story
I'll swim past these oceans of hurdles
Than have myself rot on the roadside for food
None is a choice, to live or die
both are mandates, to live and die
So, I'll satisfy my heart while I live
And submit peacefully to the fangs of death when it comes knocking
Working or not death will come
Hungry or not death will trail our tents
How many times will I die before death stings?
I won't live dead, but live with life
Life is a gift and death a reward
Life is sweet and death is sore
No choices or chances made by one
To live and die, both will at their times, come.
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©Israel Onoruoiza et Aj Maverick