WHAT HOPE SAYS AT DAWN
When you feel insignificant,
Take your blood and rewrite your stars,
For life is birthright,
And you deserve more than you ask,
Why beg for piece of space?
When the universe revolves around you,
Why beg for crumb of bread?
When you‘ve aid is beneath your feet,
Your reflection is says you are born worthy,
Yes!!! You matter to us all.
Take your blood and rewrite your stars,
For life is birthright,
And you deserve more than you ask,
Why beg for piece of space?
When the universe revolves around you,
Why beg for crumb of bread?
When you‘ve aid is beneath your feet,
Your reflection is says you are born worthy,
Yes!!! You matter to us all.
Analysis/ Review of the poem.
A beautiful poem written by Okoro Amarachi Anastasia to encourage her reader (the youths) on how important and valuable they are. Sometimes we feel unseen and less significant which tamper with our self esteem. We lives in a generation where there is high level of competition among the youths when it comes to productivity. We want to be seen, everyone wants be an influencer, everyone want to be popular in social media. There is a struggle to feel significant and recognized among the youth in our society today. Within this tension are also young people that feel worthless, intimidated and inferior which tend to steal the identity of who they. This purpose of this poem is to open the eyes of its reader to see their potentials, relevance and change their future. This is a poem of ten line with one stanza. There is no regular rhyme scheme and it is written in a narrative pattern. The poet tune is rigid, persuasive and encouraging.
Looking into the poem, it started as an instructions, telling anyone that feel insight, to rewrite their star. Meaning that anyone who feel that they are less of what they should be should change it by themselves and it all required our will and determination to do that (Take your blood and rewrite your stars). The poet went further to encourage us that we all have right to be here, on earth and make our dreams real, cos we deserve the best. Every lives on earth is born to be great and derserve the best life can offer. The poet questioned the reader's thoughts, for lowering their standards in life and not aiming bigger. There is no dream that is too big and there is no dream that is too small, it all depends on the dreamer to choose who they want to become. All that they need has been provided and they should not beg for that is rightful yours. We should learn to take a space and spread out wing and explore. There is more to life than we know. It is only those who understand that they belong here take such step and make exploit. In last two lines, the poet pointed out that the self worthiness we should attached to ourselves while doing that because our existence matters to the world.
In conclusion, they poet aim to build self confidence, self worth and resilience in the mind of the youth, so to live out the best version of themselves. Also, the poet challenge it readers to make exploit and dare to win and achieve their goals.