The Inevitable Poem by Abdulaziz Ahmad Abdulaziz Fagge

Hi pedestrian and you cyclist
You motorist and you on board

Oh you poor and you Mr. Rich
Hey healthy and you sick person.

Hi you prince and you politician
Hi leader and you the follower

Please come and listen to me for a while
I wanted to pass unto you a vital message

That is not to say you will become rich
Neither to say your wealth will fluctuate
That is not to say you will heir a throne
Neither say you will win an election

That is not to say you will live longer
Nor to say you will lead tomorrow

I just want to remind you of the inevitable
'What do you mean by inevitable? ' One might
Ask zealously

Inevitable is unavoidable it is
Unpreventable and irrevocable

Inevitable is inescapable it is unpredictable
Irrepressible and irreparable

It chase away significant scholars
And leave ignorant living indiscriminately

It takes away rich personalities
And leave poor living suffering

Its cold hands take away a day old baby
And leave centenarian somebody

It kills paramount leaders and dictators
And leave followers mourning or rejoicing

It chase away men of God in the society and
Allow evils and waywards living comfortably

It take away healthy somebody
And live sick one groaningly

It chases groom terribly
And leave bride so lonely

It takes away breadwinners
Devoid of sympathy of their children

It leaves a victim of fatal accident maimed and oozing
And take someone on his sleeping bed

Oh inevitable you quite prove that you are
Unpredictable and unavoidable

You bring friendship to an end
And cease enmity simultaneously

You divorce couple automatically
And new married without ever been copulated

How merciless are you in taking a just delivered
Baby and sometimes unborn in the womb

Likewise, you takes the mother not
Considering the consequences on the baby

You are incorruptible to be bribe and
No amount of prayer will prevent one from you

How human beings wish you are visible
For they will kill you with temerity

May be in revenge to what you have done to them
And to allow an undisturbed living of human kind

Oh inevitable I earnestly wish you are recognizable
So that I can eschew you cleverly

I pray that my encounter with you
Will be merciful and peaceful

However to achieve that I must change
My attitude to be good and honest somebody

To correct my previous misdeeds
And to be observing my religious obligations