NUMBERS AND POWER

They said if you believe as one

Then the game is as good as won

I took this with me and wondered

Seeking, I became a wanderer

They said one head is inferior to a good two

I thought about this too

I made my brain a toolbox

I, myself working together

Have you seen power in the count of three?

How at the end the athletes go free?

As if their lives are on the line to retrieve

Alas, the taste of freedom

Three is power, perfection is a square of four

Those not against, with us they're for

May we be on guard that we may not fumble

And be regretfully trapped in our own bubble

Four is perfection, five is a star

How cocky we were as youngsters

A dark night is best when it's starry

A shooting star will leave you starstruck

(But life is not always one big party)

Five is a star, six is a circle

Things you find important, encircle

There's nothing in life as being too careful

After the sixth, they say you find heaven

The day of rest was called Seven

Set apart by God to serve Him

The years of a strong man is seventy

The say the number seven is heavenly

Seven is complete; eight is twice perfection

A circle that touches itself and starts anew

You marvel at the beauty and stroke up your chin

See as life is constantly being renewed..

Iyanu, 28/10/23.

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