DESTINY …!

~ David Achodo

Going somewhere to happen—

Destiny has always asked
For my life, before prophecy
Claimed my birth twenty-eight
Billion years ago: … There’s
One that must lead every age!

I know I will see it.
I will see her—
And use the Faith
I have found
To reshape the world’s course
From curse! —

I will make it,
Lean back
To lead the world; I’ll be
Great, powerful, mighty,
To brighten the age,
Improve the world, and
Lead a new time.

Recommended citation: Achodo, David. “Destiny …!” Dachodo Press, 2026.

This poem is archived by Zenodo, with DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20967120

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Published by David Achodo

David Achodo is a PhD candidate and Graduate Teaching Associate in French at the University of Tennessee, USA. He is the Primary Organizer and Founding Member of the “World Languages and Cultures Graduate Student Association,” University of Tennessee. A French, English, German, Fon, and Yoruba speaker, Achodo is a Scholar, Translator, Interpreter, Poet and Preacher.

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  1. This poem stages destiny as a force already in motion, older than birth and larger than the individual will. Through prophetic declarations, cosmic scale, and escalating vows of power, the speaker imagines a life summoned by fate and authorized by faith, one capable of turning curse into course and private calling into world-shaping action. The poem’s urgency lies in its fusion of spiritual conviction, visionary desire, and self-fashioning ambition: to see, to become, and to lead. At its core, the poem explores the tension between inheritance and agency. The speaker seems claimed by something primordial—“destiny,” “prophecy,” and “faith”—yet responds not with surrender but with resolve, claiming the power to remake history itself. Its language moves from cosmic vastness to intimate certainty, creating a dramatic arc in which belief becomes a transformative instrument. The result is an arresting meditation on vocation, greatness, and the dream of ushering in a new, better age—of relief for humanity and creation.

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