GIVE ME THE GRACE

When hunger like a snake bites me

Please give me a helping hand so I can resist the venom

If death, like a police arrest me by night,

Would you stand by the day to bail me?

When troubles like dirt stains me

Would you, like a detergent cleanse me?

If anger like shame wear me day by night

Wouldn’t you cheer me once more like a smile?

When sickness like a trumpet sound in my body

Would you, like an ear muffs prevent its noise?

If by ignorance, thunder wonders about

Wouldn’t you pray its trap never squeeze us apart?

Whenever shivers like fever arrest me

I need from you, a blanket to keep me warm

When my strength like a dead man debase

Don’t hold anything back than ask for your face

If like gossips, hopelessness sings song in my name

I shall pray before evening my prowess, I will regain

When like a clock my pendulum refuses to swing

I won’t wait before long I get back on my feet

Wouldn’t you prevent me from the dangers ahead?

And save me from the hands of love so wicked

Protect me with the whole of your abilities

Especially now that with condemnation I am wrestling

When death like an armed robber visits

Give me the strength to resist their frights

When pains like army shoot me like criminal

Pray I survive the tremor and terrors

If hardships like a debtor refuse to pay me by comfort

I shall not wait, before God I hire a lawyer in the court

When sadness grips me like the Nigerian police

I shall waste no time before I take my leave

If death like a bandit steals my life away