SET THE PACE

Why would others run and you’d follow?

Not knowing where they are headed to

I mean yesterday, today and tomorrow

And then crash into oblivion

Wait! Would you rather Walk around in circles?

Or set the pace for others to follow

You may say I’ve got a loud mouth

Talk is cheap my sister

Look around you,

Are you ignorant or blessed with a bats view?

The many problems of humanity starring in your face

Why complain when you can ease the pain

Take away the agony

Give clues and proffer solutions

Oh! It’s a lot of work and strain

Your very little strength it may drain

But many before you ran with reckless abandon

With uncertainty and fear?

Oh! No! With conviction and care

Worries and burden they lay bare

Like Esther if I die, I die if I perish I perish

Not because she’s royalty

But an orphan with resolve and loyalty

She dares to set the pace

Like Ruth to Naomi

Have you wondered the unwavering commitment?

My God shall be your God and your people my people?

That’s for a woman who dares to set the pace

Not coercing others to follow

Living a life of impact others dare not but wish in their hearts hollow

Not minding her loss

She takes up her cross

And follows, others thinking to her loss

She re writes history, you know she’s the boss!

Here's to all who wants the first beam to cast

Say with me I'm no longer a slave to guilt and my past.

I can impact my world.

I can DARE TO SET THE PACE.

I'm not an afterthought,

not born to be a liability,

I'm an asset

I'm a PACESETTING LADY,

A PROMINENT LADY and

A LADY OF SUBSTANCE. 

 By Rita Ebeh

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