Abandoned Dreams Poem by Adegbite Adeyinka

Walking down the aisle of abandoned dreams,
Of destinies, great, but unachieved,
The heaps of sand, they have made their abodes
And the tombstones, their headrests;
I think of rulers, leaders, people of high hopes
That have been dashed by the harshness of life;
Little children, youth and young adults
Have left their purposes to lay and rest;
As I walked around the troubled, humid air
I could hear the gushing wind talk to me.