I am a student for LIFE by Yahaya Habeeb Kayode (Jaypee-D-Poet)

“One duty man cannot put to a stop is learning, learning is a task that is eternal”

I am a student for LIFE
For knowledge I shall always STRIVE
And every breath I TAKE
Is meant for knowledge ‘s SAKE
My endless duty REMAINS
Learning in joy and PAIN

I shall forever remain a PUPIL
In the kindergarten called LIFE
And if love is what I need to FEEL
Then wisdom would be lovely a WIFE
What would my life BECOME
Without the job of LEARNING?
I’ll learn from dads and MOMS
It pays than naira or STERLING

When darkness dominates the NIGHT
And the moon, a big LANTERN,
Knowledge shall be my LIGHT
I’ll be warm in its KAFTAN
And when the moon is GONE
And the stars go for a BREAK
Knowledge shall be my SUN
As it shines more hays I’ll MAKE

It’s impossible. I SWEAR!
I can’t Graduate from its SCHOOL
When by myself, no cloth I could WEAR
Learning has been my TOOL
I shall forever be a LEARNER
No matter my size, my AGE
I shall forever wave its BANNER
And be free from ignorance’s CAGE

God is my first TEACHER
And he’ll definitely be the LAST
To suck her breast(mom), He taught ME HOW
Not with a spell to CAST
My teachers are NUMBERLESS
They come in various FORMS
I’m their student NO-MORE-LESS
I shall follow the NORMS

Is it the madman on the STREET?
Always speaking GIBBERISH
A good student could gain more WIT
And make sense from his RUBBISH

Is it that little KID?
Who sometimes speaks BIG
A good student would always NEED
To learn much from their LEAGUE

Even books from brilliant MINDS
Revelations from God, the KING
Experience, trials and their KINDS
And songs that people SING
I am student of them ALL
I receive lectures in their HALLS

A student of life filters all WORDS
And picks the ones with WIT
His teachers are like CORDS
That make him consciously FIT

I am a student for LIFE
For knowledge I shall always STRIVE
My endless duty REMAINS
Learning in joy and PAIN

© 2016 Yahaya Habeeb Kayode (Jaypee-D-Poet)