Somewhere in
the world, Mr. Jones lost his job
The backbone
of a family of six is broken
On his way
home, he ponders in bewilderment;
Soon, the
landlords will come chasing their rents
My kids
would have to suspend their education
And take on
premature mantles of responsibilities
For at my
age, who will employ me?
Misery
abounds and despair looms
But mama
calms daddy down
And on their
knees, they said a prayer
Behold, the
narrow escape; a better job offer came!
Somewhere in
the world, Jerry got introduced to drugs
Little by
little, he got addicted
He tried to
resist but the urge was stronger
What drove
him nuts were his empty pockets
Pick-pocketing
and robbery then enslaved him
Until he
passed out one night on a church-way
He awoke the
next morning before an altar
Amidst
tears, he whispered to the men that found him
‘Please help
me, I don’t want to go back!!’
And so they
knelt and said a prayer
Behold, the
narrow escape; Jerry got clean!
Somewhere in
the world, baby Harry lost his mum
He had no
idea what death meant
He cried
because everyone else was crying
His drunkard
father’s presence was better off an absence
A man who
finds joy only in wine
Harry grows
to find life unbearable
With nothing
to live for, he succumbs to suicide
On the day
he bids earth farewell, a stranger knocked
‘God loves
you’ was the message he carried
And so they
knelt and said a prayer
Behold, the
narrow escape; Harry’s hopes rekindled
