| par Samuel-Malachi Odekunle | |
| [Publié sur : ] Nov 19, 2004 | |
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| Genre: Poesies | |
| https://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=4803 | |
| Dear Providence, I’m writing just to say how much you’ve meant to me. From as far back as I remember, you’ve taught me how to live, How to walk and how to talk and even how to look. I have been your student for oh so many years and even when I looked Away, your lessons I still learnt. Providence you’ve changed my life in more ways than I can imagine Just like that day I took a fall from the tall Guava tree. I remember what You said that day even though I cried in pain, “Agony lasts only for a page In life’s story book.” Providence you lifted me and took me in your arms even when I lost all that care for me. An orphan at such a young age, you taught me to live on. You taught me to be strong and free and thus, I learnt the trade. Now many didn’t believe in me, and this I did expect so you helped as I paved my way through school and on top of my class I stayed. But life didn’t change right there, on and on it went. Till I woke up that bright morning on my graduation day. Families and friends were there to see their own. No one but you was there for me, this I still remember cause that day you stood by me as I read the valedictorian speech. I still remember the look on some of their faces and the words they seemed to say even though they weren’t speaking. “Is that not the Orphan child that lived right down the street…?” Little did they know that you were there with me. I thank you providence for my beautiful wife and kids, now I know I can share the love that you’ve always given me. I thank you everyday, for the gifts and skills you gave now I can teach my kids the lessons you taught me. My son walked down the aisle as he took on a new life and even that day I remember you sat in the back. Yesterday they had a daughter, she reminded me so much of my wife and when I began to feel lonely, I felt your hands on my shoulder. So finally I conclude this letter as I take my walk down the aisle once again, to celebrate my life lived to its fullest. I have come this far just to let you know how much you mean to me. I know that as I sleep this day… Providence you still stand by me. Thank you Providence. « retour. |
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