'There is no such thing as luck' by Michael Inioluwa Oladele

Dear son of mine,

Pay heed to these words of mine

For they will be to thee a gold mine,

And misfortune will not cross thy line.

There is no such thing as luck,

except that which keeps one under lock,

There is no such thing as luck,

Except that which is the reward of hard work.

Hard work, and its friend diligence

Pay attention to the two with no negligence,

And wealth will be yours if you have prudence

Listen carefully and apply my words with sense.

Dear son of mine,

Please love hard work

Because

There is no such thing as luck.

Michael Inioluwa Oladele is a student at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He writes poetry, fiction and nonfiction and his works have been published on The Naked Convos and Tuck Magazine. He blogs at inspirationalsquad.blogspot.com.

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