DIDACTIC: "LAZYBONES" BY BISHOP SAHR ISAAC PETERSON

Oh lazybones wake up  

We have to wake up now  

Freetown sleeps but we  

Young bones rise again  

Dreams wake from ashes  

God calls us higher  

We're God's Diadem  

Oh lazybones stand up  

Traffic can’t stop purpose  

Phones can’t kill calling  

Hunger won’t silence prayer  

Blackout can’t hide fire  

Light lives inside us  

We're God's Diadem  

Oh lazybones hear this  

Streets tell tired stories  

Youth chase false gold  

Some run into ruin  

Drugs clip wings fast  

Vicious hands lose grip  

Grace breaks every chain  

Oh lazybones serve now  

Service feels like mountain  

Empty pockets, full faith  

Jesus whispers, “Follow Me”  

Tired hands still useful  

Worship in dark nights  

Faith grows without light  

Oh lazybones shake off  

Distraction steals every minute  

Music drowns small voice  

Temptation dresses like success  

Youth fall, youth rise  

God lifts, God restores  

We're God's Diadem  

Oh lazybones choose discipline  

Prayer needs early rising  

One verse before hustle  

Faith beats noisy streets  

Hope defeats sinking fear  

Christ leads tired feet  

We have to wake up now  

Oh lazybones see change  

Freetown won’t change fast  

But we must change  

Choose Word over noise  

Choose work over excuses  

Choose light over shadows  

Choose life over sleep  

Oh lazybones make amend  

Tomorrow starts this morning  

God crowns weary bones  

Freetown needs our fire  

Preach with living example  

Shine through every blackout  

We're God's Diadem

© By Bishop Sahr Isaac Peterson

Vice President at Poetry Reading Club, PRC, FBC, USL.

Sierra Leone.

Lazybones is a motivational Christian poem that urges young people to rise above laziness, distractions, and life's challenges. Using the city of Freetown as its backdrop, the poet encourages youth to embrace faith, discipline, hard work, and service to God. The poem warns against harmful influences such as drugs, false ambitions, and idleness while emphasizing the power of prayer, perseverance, and personal transformation. Ultimately, it delivers a message of hope, reminding readers that they are valuable in God's eyes and can become agents of positive change in their communities.