Pater gave this counsel
Quitters are sitters in gutters
They sit in the dung
They sit in the dirt
They sit in disgusting waters
Like gross pigs
They languish in their thoughts
Fighting every battle mid-way
With thoughts of finishing someday
They sit and watch as fighters reap what they sow
So quitters are sitters in gutters
No matter how disgusting
They sit in rusting
Always tired in halves
Their deaths are rashly washed into the earth’s pores.
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © 2014