I Want to Be a Doctor



I Want to Be a Doctor

School is a battlefield
where their borrowed desires, wishes and dreams
        fight unceasingly for the Busy life

A doctor is a White horse now every student in school
wants to ride but the training coach
        in the horse race of the Busy life

Disdained Gray horses are these days
praised no more
       by youngsters while training for the race,
  neither their coaches speak favorably of them—
       but I’ve seen these Gray horses outpacing the    
       White ones several times in this race
       full of unforeseen
        ups and downs of our vain, Busy life.
                                       —by NZABONIMPA B. JARED

About this poem

This poem talks about the conflict between children's dreams and parents' dreams that are imposed on their children with regard to education and future career. The poem also talks about the realities of life.

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Written on March 20, 2017

Submitted on July 12, 2022

Modified on April 20, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X XXA XXA XXBXXBXAX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 675
Words 112
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 3, 9

NZABONIMPA B. JARED

NZABONIMPA is a Congolese from Democratic Republic of Congo. He studied primary and secondary education in Congo and studied at Nkumba university and Bugema university in Uganda. He is a holder of Bachelors degree in English language and literature and Masters degree in Educational management. He is married and has children. more…

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