Down Here

Before I start, let me point this out. It is not all gloomy out here, some people have managed to leap beyond it, but to the average man on the streets, it is enough to lead him into depression.

I'm grateful for the good times, tired of the whole despondent drama but thanks to my parents for bringing me up in the way of the Lord, for letting me know that it's not an easy world. For making me able to see the light from the darkness, but now the light has almost been eclipsed by what I can only describe as 'madness' which is evident all over the nation.

It is like loosing your mind in the middle of crying, like dying before you are old enough to harness your potentials not to talk of reaching your prime. It's all up in the fighting, the shooting and the killing, political deceiving, corruption of the highest order, scams, prostituting for grades, insecurity, back-biting, and more recently and most worryingly, kidnapping. How can a man describe being a captive (not by the law but by dejected souls who feel nothing at all for the next man) in his own country?

Now imagine if you had the choice to choose and be choosy if you really want to come down here, imagine if you had the chance to preview and review all things that you will meet down here. I bet you your answer would be 'I don't want to go down there', out of fear and despair. I bet you will be screaming that we are crazy down here. We are not crazy but the sad reality of our situation has brought us to our knees without our knowing it. We accept and appraise mediocrity when we should be aiming higher.

Nine months in your mother's belly, preparing for the ultimate journey, oblivious of the things that you will meet out here. It is like being born into slavery and living in captivity. You could have the spirit of a hustler, the peace of of a dove or the instincts of a leader, on the other side, you could have a training for terror with the mind of a murderer. It is all down to how mentally strong you are, even in the midst of such uncertainty, we still have the power to choose how to fight it.

The big question is how are you fighting it???

NB: This article's inspired by 2face's song.