Possess

Meshack Bwoyele Keya 1960 (Vihiga)



Let it not be you don't know ;learn.
It be not you are poor; earn.
Don't say you are not able; try.
It is not that you are wet; dry
What you cannot do is because you haven't tried.
You do not have because you haven't asked
In every new thing there is learning.
In lack of finances there is earning.
Ours is to do and God disposes
All we admire we can possess.

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Submitted by baby_p on August 25, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBCDEEFG
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 352
Words 74
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10

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