MR. ADEJOKUN'S BLOG

I love this prison
Sized endless and barred
I pray my term endless be
To the left, to the right I look
Quite glad am I
The lonely king of its space

Daddy begged, Mummy begged
Brothers begged, Sisters begged
Friends begged, relatives begged
Still was I bent in being
And still will I be joyful in being
The king and priest of its shrine

I fought tooth and nail
To keep everyone afar
Till they knew
Till the guards knew
And the warden knew
That the king didn't want out

On and on the time and years
And greater the love for its interiors
One day in my thoughts I asked
'Would this love endless be?'
No doubt I still wanted to be
The king and Lord of its four walls

Till my hair grey they turned
Dead almost everyone I knew were
Near I believe I was to mine
Yet this love held me bound like chained
And yet I pray not loose to be
But to continue to be
The king of the PRISON OF LOVE

Some weeks back, I got a query from one of my line managers about being absent from before and after school duty (week 4) In my response, I gave reasons as to why this was so.

Morning duty was to commence at 7.30am but about 300 metres away, I was caught in what we call in lagos, Nigeria a 'Go-Slow' traffic situation. In response to the query served me the next day, I wrote about having to send an SMS to my Principal at 7.29am and that at 8.ooam I clocked into school and asked her to verify this in the Teachers' log book. I also tendered my apology for having forgotten to report for after school duty due to a very tiresome day's lessons. How else could I have responded?

But one lesson I learnt in all this is that you've got to put things in proper record (black and white) and ofcourse, if you've not been known to have the record of being a diligent person, this would be taken seriously and will raise a lot of dust. I ended up with respect being accorded, far from the axe I thought would come down my neck.

In Life, things must be done right as and when due!