Fundamental Thing Poem by Kinyua Karanja

At one time in our life we have: -
Sailed deep sea and shallow channels
Fought deadly wars and rode peace
Tasted good times and grieved bad days
Basked on summer sun and shivered on winter
Celebrated success and resented failure
Laughed our heart our and cried too
Enjoyed excess and suffered shortage
Made friends and generated enemies
Met real loyalist and trusted traitors
Been accepted and rejected directly
Being in commission and omission
Given to both donation and extortion
Made heavenly love and hell hatred
Gone and got a triumphal comes back
Seen good season and bad one too
Eaten enough and went hungry
Been full of life and at brink of death
But, in all life is the only fundamental
The thing we got on earth for now
We need to protect and preserve it
God give it freely and so he takes.