COLD WITHIN Some persons...held in the cold wilderness...each belonging to a different region,belief,tradition and customs...they all have a stick each...the emerging wind blew...piercing through them while they shiver...gnashing their teeth....they couldve been warmed by given out their stick to lit a fire....But 1st person---a peasant farmer...observed and look round him..thought to himself why should i give my only stick to warm the selfish rich,the other one is not a member of my tribe...so,he held back his stick...still cold....... 2nd person---a prince.... Stretch his arm to give...as he observed,he said to himself quietly...d man next to me isnt royal,so he hardly knows how its been done in the palace...where luxury was a routine and lifestyle....said it shall be done....a rule...so he held back his own stick as empty pride overwhelm him....as the breeze blew so he shiver but held back his stick.... 3rd person---old man....so much cold beheld him...looking so diminished,folded himself trying to conserve some warmth....his stick tight to his grasp...as he spoke,his voice failed him...word hung on his mouth halfspoken....cold pierce his bared skin making him to shiver like on shock.... 4th person---a clergy.....he gave a quizzical smile and then lunch a sermon on giving but wouldnt serve as the paradigm...he glanced at every soul around him...so quite...furious...his golden words lost its lustre...promised not to let go his stick to warm the unbelievers(ungodly thought).... 5th person---a slave.....so cold....the wind constantly blowing through his porous garment....hair on his akin alert and dried...tears streaming down his shallow cheeks.....freezing before even dripping...pre-occupied with bitter memory of maltreatment from his master...a wealthy man...he vow not to give his stick to warm men of such....so,he held back...half way to death.... Last person---scientist.......thought of his invention,theory and the accolade in his monuments...he was always at the fore...why give up now?...he thought...so he held back his own stick....almost frozen. With each persons holding a stick so they perished in the cold desert....their memory thrown into oblivion.......they didnt die from COLD WITHOUT....they die from the COLD WITHIN... By Simon yakubu
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:02:05 +0000
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