THE SUN WILL RISE

As it rises it sets again.

Thank God it sets.

Though we have a lot of unfinished business.

We finally settle to rest.

The minds have a lot to think about.

The hearts wander and wonder.

Will business ever be done?

Will the minds be free.

The sun goes up.

It frightens many.

Morning is supposed to bring happiness.

Though tears come a long.

How do we find the light.

We work but can’t sustain our own lives.

Desperate to find what to do that can be leaned on.

What can a man do to see tomorrow.

Our wants remain wanting.

Our desires the same.

Sometimes I wish the sun remains silent.

In a country where there are no jobs to do.

We need not to be reminded of the time to find something to do.

Lord, this is too much.

Waking up daily to grieve and be scared of the day.

We need immunisation from hunger.

Give the food Elijah ate and walked for forty days without hunger.

Let the sun set.

I want to cry alone.

I miss my pillow, soaked with emotion from my eyes.

Sleep takes us to another world.

So desirable.

Though not real but a little ease.

The sun will rise, it will rise again.

Jabongi Micheal was born in 1989 and grew up in a Kampala slum called Kamwokya in Uganda, a place where most of the children couldn't afford education and most of his age mates became law breakers and girls at an early age resorted to prostitution. He went on to study in a public school and completed high school but his parents couldn't afford to pay for him to go to university. In 2013, he was one of the founders of Oasis of Life Destiny Church in a slum called Namuwongo. In 2015 he did a Certificate in Bible teaching at Doers Of The Word Bible Institute. He got a degree at Gate Breakers Bible School and in 2021 went on to pastor at Global Evangelical Community Church. He has a passion for teaching writing but is challenged with the level of illiteracy in the community where he lives. A lot of parents can't afford to pay school fees for their children and more can't afford a meal a day. He strongly believes that in the near future he will help them go to school and start up orphanages and elderly homes. His passion for the Word has guided him to write scripts, plays and poems.