By Olaleye Boluwatife Ezekiel

When I awake in the wee hours of the day
I wonder how I slept all through the night

When I open my curtains
Hoping to be greeted with the brightness of the sun

Only to lament at the dullness of the rain
I feel like going back to bed and sleep all day long

When I hear the wailings of the ambulance siren from afar off in the heavy rain

I want to curse myself ‘cause I know it’s going to be a bad day
Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!
When a lucky driver splashes filthy water on my newly bought clothing
I hate myself and I love the man

I sit dejected with a feeling of disgust
Reminiscing on my recent bitter sweet experience

But I look up and suddenly, a curve of seven colours emanate from the heavens

Finally, something tells me, there is light at the end of the tunnel
The day might just turn out to be a good day after all.

And with hours changing constantly,
With the crescent shape appearing in the sky
When I realize that parting ways is such sweet sorrow
And I am back at where it all started

I look around and lay with the belief that
The reconnection of joy awaits me.


It was not and it is never an easy ride, he had to overcome a lot of battles, endure a lot of humiliation and disgrace, he had to remain strong even when everything seemed hopeless but look how it all ended up for him; the once hopeless now beliefs that the bright days are as closer as ever.

There are three stages to pass through if one is to give testimony of success on any endeavours. There is the “promise” stage- a stage where you are only just starting and have a lot of plans, dreams, goals and objectives and the belief that things will work fine and then comes the “prison” stage- a stage whereby you begin to encounter various problems of different magnitude, problems that threaten to kill your dreams and ambitions. A stage whereby whatever decision you make will either make or mar you, will determine what your future will be and finally there is the “palace” stage- a stage when you have gone beyond the period of ideas conception, planning and belief of optimism, a stage you will get to because you have taken profitable risks, have faced a lot of difficulties in every dimension and must have taken a costly but right step and made a tough but right decision, a stage of fulfillment and success.

However for some, it is not always the same, some are lucky to make it on time, some hit wealth quickly but the burning issue is that how well and effective your management is will determine if truly there is a brighter future for you, for me and everyone out there.