He stretches it
And my face lit
All set in the happiness kit
Hiding life’s beatings and hurt that in my chest sit
But the torturous hand moves up a bit
And a bit
And a bit
Out of my reach
In faith I jumped high like a dimwit
With my legs suffering from the ground hit
Then it dawned on me to quit
Before I fell into the bottomless pit
Because the trapped hand will still remain with its uncanny wit
Even after I no longer have the worldly chit
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © 2014.