I Love Antonyms (Poem)

Antonyms you find in me, Kehinde Taiwo

Get it straight, not twisted, that’s my name

An antonym you always read

We first not to be the last

But the last could be the first

Many are called, few are chosen

Early to rise, late to bed

Fruit of thy labour, thy sow to reap

Once a tenant, now a landlord

Poverty we run from, riches we work to’

Life is hard, cursed in the former

Life is sweet, blessed with the latter

Selflessness, the sky nations fly to

In the spotlight, First world

Selfishness, the ground nations fall on

Into obscurity, Third world

What you love you don’t hate

But what you hate you could love

English exams, a failure to hate Jam’ by JAMB

But antonyms a love, pass’ by English to you

Forward ever, backward never

For better or worse, our hearts locked as one

Joy, we live forever together

Sorrow, separated

White or black, equally created

From one source, God

Racism, a fight with might

To be bright

Freedom of speech, the world preach’

Pitched against tyranny

But God’s wisdom the Bible teaches

To the kingdom,

Reached with freedom

Written and composed by Taiwo, Kehinde Oluwaseyi