DESTINY OR FATE?- Nwafor Anselm

There he sat, wondering why he was broke.
If being broke was funny, he would never be out of jokes.
There he sat thinking, hand on his chin.
The world seemed to have stopped, at least for him.
It didn't use to be like this, he wasn't always sad.
Until death came from nowhere and took away his dad.
Uncles and other relations came and took all their properties.
Accused his mother of murder and all sorts of atrocities.

And so they left the house, empty-handed
He, his mother and his 2 siblings heavy hearted.
He knew in this journey called life, he had approached a bend.
He knew all would get better, it was far from the end.
But nothing was really moving, everything was stagnant.
His younger brother had just gotten a girl pregnant.
Final year in the university, trying hard to cope.
Still being optimistic. So high were his hopes.
All he wanted was to give his mother a reason to smile.
He knew he would do it. Though it was going to take a while.
Still sitting down thinking, he finally let out a sigh.
He decided to  do the best he could and leave the rest for the Most High
And so, the mother had all her hope in her son.
She knew one day, he was going to shine brighter than the sun.
Graduation soon came, he came out top of his class.

The first First Class student of the department, he broke the record like it was glass.
Fortunately,he was called to work for a big company.
With a huge salary, a car and a house to accompany.
Taking his bath excitedly on that Monday morning, he fell in his bath tub
Sadly, he died the day he was to start job
His mother died of shock. In him was her faith.
Is dying at such a time his destiny or is it just fate?