WHEN THE EARTH CALLS If wealth were to last forever Then there would be no need for the last day of December For the love of having increases as one acquires Love whose tendency is determined by one's trail of good will Which must be acquired before the clock of life expires A time to take stock and reap the pay to the very last bill At the time when the earth calls   If poverty were to last forever There would be the fervent prayer for days to be shorter For the pain of dearths strikes too deep An animal that always proves too wild to keep Niether acceptance nor rejection paints the road to safety The end of which usually comes with an uncertain uncertainty When the earth calls   If friendships were to last forever Love will surely have a question to answer Love in plenty fuels the engine of relationships Love in lack parachutes the absence of friendships Time comes when friends' love could be of no aid When one's own hands twists one's hairs into their very last braid When the earth calls   If relations were to last forever The fruits of earth will never last forever And time will come when man will devour man Even if they last beyond the departure of one man Time will come when links will be forgotten Meaning that ethereal relations are begotten This happens when the earth calls   If titles were to last forever The vicissitude of labour will also last forever Ambition will become the blood cell of the day Successes and failures will be the order of the day Until the efforts fight to finish And dreams are fulfilled or come to perish When the earth calls   The earth will surely call And earth shall surely fall This is a call for one to play one's best ball For this apple is a sure meal for all   (c) 2000 TOCHUKWU C. IPERE