Picture eight

toss a coin or a roll a dice
there is a thin line between
growth and growing up
one minute you’re praying
to become a teenager, an adult
and the next minute,
the numbers are coming at you
fast. time waits for none.
between being a child and
becoming a youth
people do not find growth
just grow like a plant
that doesn’t bear fruits
but lives by a river bank.

Victor Oyedele