Your Parent wakes you hope early in the morning

They said to you: “it’s time to go to school”

“Go to school” became their ringing tone

That ringing tone is obviously boring to you

You wish you can have the whole day to yourself

Watch TV all through till your eyes aches

Chat on social media till your finger freezes

Eat all day, till your stomach cries out for help

Sleep, till your mattress goes flat

You rolled on your bed

You covered yourself with the blanket

You murmured, “Can’t I just be left alone”

You think your parent is stumbling block to your enjoyment

You heard the footstep again

You pretended like you were sick and feeling tired

Your parent played the usual ringing tone in your ears;

Go to school! Go to school! Go to school!

You tried to resist, you tried to ignore

My dear friend

It is best you yield to your parent call

Make that ringing tone your caller’s tone

Let it awaken consciousness in you

Add it to your playlist and dance to it daily

Embrace the gift of Education your parent offers

Education assures your dream; cherish it

Though education will not guarantee you riches

It sure will guarantee you a liberated mind

Education will build your self-esteem

It will give you the confidence to face the world

Carefully takes you through the process of learning

If you don’t learn, how can you live?

Life itself is a teacher

Education will give you life’s daily manual

It will brighten your path

So that you don’t stumble on the way

And enable you to achieve your dream

Education will take away the darkness

So that you don’t die in ignorance

Either formal or informal, education is dedicated to empowering you

Make you useful to yourself

Make you useful to your parent

Make you useful to your country

Make you useful to the world

With you being educated, the world will be a better place.

Embrace education today!