Suspense Poem by Nweke Emmanuel

Life is an illusion?
No- not illusion
Life is suspense

We live- are we told we will die?
We sleep- how sure we will rise?
Uncertainty- we live not-we exist
First life, second suspense

Presently I am on transportation
Hope I will get to my destination
In life that is not a yes- it is suspense

In destiny they say- God inspires
And man perspires
But many has traveled the same way- it is all suspense

We always sit and draw a target
And just as we are in a market
Success sometimes turns out a farce

Precious things- how sure they will last?
Marriages- love- we pray and fast
But in suspense we rest our hope

Dreams- Ambitions
Destinies- Vocations
Life- suspense

Suspense or life?
Life or suspense?
Yes we live- but no one is certain.