Go back inside and open a book,
You will play when the exam is done
The Mother insists in her tenth year,
The child obeys.
Stay away from boys,
You will but tire of their advances…
After you hold that prideful degree
She tells her teenage daughter.
Get a job that pays the bills,
Your dreams are not going anywhere
At this point, it’s not just the mother’s
But a society’s song.
She’s thirty, behind a paperwork filled desk
And realization strikes her worn-out mind,
They were all wrong, dreams do not wait
They get further with time.
As a soft sigh leaves her lips, she vows
To teach her daughter different,
That a chance grabbed now
Frees the heart from the pain of regret.
Read – Fruition – A Poem by Kuadugah Eryam Sheila, Ghana
This poem was published in the November 2021 Edition of the WSA Magazine
