The prayer of the conscious Teen

THE PRAYER OF THE CONSCIOUS TEEN

By Sheriff Erimaso Dada

 have a role to play in my society

I have a price to pay for my existence

Even if it was offered to me without a cost

I have a lot to offer humanity

I have a duty to make myself a source of joy 

A source of joy to my creator

A source of joy to myself

A source of joy to my parents 

A source of joy to my neighbours

And so I need not let my senses waste away

Or use my strength for crafts that bring tears to humanity 

If I do not use my hands well,

It would have been better to be born a leper

If I do not use my eyes well,

It would have been better to be born blind

If I do not use my lips well,

It would have been better to be born a dumb

If I do not use my ears well,

It would have been better to be deaf from birth

If I do not use my feet well,

It would have been better to born a cripple

If I can not think well with my brain,

It would have been better to come from the 

If good thoughts can not spring from my heart,

It would have been better if I was handed to the devil from birth

Lord, help me to use my body and the gifts you have given me well

To bring glory to you

And to bring happiness to humanity