Illusion Poem by Olusegun Akanbi

Life is an illusion
A transient phrase of reality
Nothing is real
We’re all living in a fantasy
People die
Friends disappear
Money goes
And some reappear
Empires vanish
And then replaced by others
Some things are constant
While some are adapted by our brothers
Good and evil
Will remain with us
Throughout our existence on this earthly bus
So what is the hurry?
What is the fuss?
Everything to me seems getting worse

Why not seek immortality
Through the deeds that we do
And let that flame of eternity burn forever in you
Life is an illusion
It will always go away
No matter how hard we try it will not stay
Wealth and power
Are like chasing after shadows
And the more you chase
The closer the hangman’s gallows
Why put your hopes in a man
He is an illusion
Why puts your hopes in a system
It is an illusion
Put your hopes in the Wise Maker
He is the taker
Of all that you see
And the giver
To those before you in history
And our unborn sons and daughters
One day you will wake up
And realize that all ceases to exist
All that power and money
You could not resist
Like mirages in the deserts
Illusions are like oasis
My thirst for water
Disrupts my homeostasis
And in the year AD 8700
We will still live in an illusion
As mighty hands of time sweeps us away to the days of old
And the earth that we wreck
Becomes cold
And the oceans and the seas rise
Like a tower
Hour after hour
Hour after hour
Man’s panacea then lies in space
For we must build galactic arks
To save the human race
And preserve all species of Fiona and fauna
Jet to the high heavens
Where darkness falls
But we cannot escape this illusion
As it calls