from: Obat Masira
Hi. Find here a poem to publish.
– AKECH OBAT MASIRA –
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A POEM
A TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF ELIJAH BONYO MITTO “ BABU”
“ BABU OUR PILLAR OF LOVE AND TOGETHERNESS”
(SAD GOSPEL SONG)
TODAY WE FEEL BITTERNESS
BITTERNESS IN OUR HEARTS AND FEEL BETRAYED
AND TEARS ROLLING DOWN OUR CHEEKS FREELY
AND OUR HEARTS TORTURED GREATLY
FOR BECAUSE BAY
OUR PILLAR OF LOVE AND TOGETHERNESS
IS NO MORE
OUR HEARTS BETRAYED WITH PAIN AND EMPTINESS
VILE PASSIONS, PASSIONS WITH PAIN AND EMPTINESS
BABU, ELIJAH BONYO, THE GREAT CHIEF OF SAKWA PEOPLE
BABU, OKEW SAKWA.IDHI ADIERA WUOD PALA KOBON’G?
BABU OWADGI EDDY KOD SARAH ASURE
ARE YOU REALLY GONE? OR IS IT A SAD DREAM?
AND NEVER TO RETURN AGAIN?
WHO WILL BE PROUD OF US?
WHO WILL PLACE US AT THE CENTRE OF RESPECT?
OUR BOND OF LOVE AND TOGETHERNESS IS NO MORE
(HAPPY GOSPEL SONG)
BABU, OUR PILLAR OF LOVE AND TOGETHERNESS
WE WILL REMEMBER YOU FONDLY
DUE TO YOUR RARE ATTRIBUTES
YOUR MEMORIES AND EDDY OUR SISTER GONE BEFORE YOU
ARE SO ALIVE AND
WILL LIVE BEYOND YOUR GRAVES
BABU, YOU WERE SIMPLE AND YET SO GREAT
DHI GI KWE OSIEP MIKE SULE KOD MANDELA
BE IDHI ADIERA? KOSO EN LEK?
YOU LEFT SO EARLY BEFORE YOU COULD
REALIZE YOUR DREAMS
WHO SHALL REPAIR MY ELECTRICAL GADGETS?
(SAD GOSPEL SONGS)
WHERE SHALL WE GET SUCH RARE ATTRIBUTES/
BABU OUR CARING, LOVING AND OPEN HEARTEDNESS
WHY COULDN’T YOU SAY BYE….
YOUR PASSING ON HAS PRICKED OUR HEARTS
WITH SHARP SPEARS. SPEARS OF DEATH
OWADGI PETER OJOWI KOD EDWIN MANJI
KOD JOHN ARARA, OLAL MIRU!
BABU, IN LIFE YOU TOUCHED OUR HEARTS
NOT WITH WEALTH BUT HUMILITY
YOU COME NAKED INTO THIS WORLD
AND NOW NAKED YOU SHALL LEAVE IT PREMATURELY
NYAKWAR CHIEF ELIJAH BONYO OF SAKWA PEOPLE
YOU DIED IN MY HANDS JUST LIKE THAT
OSIEP WUON SLIM JA MAJENO IS GONE
NYASAYE OYUDHIE ELWETA MANA KAMAE?
(SAD GOSPEL SONG)
BABU, OUR PILLAR OF HAPPINESS, PILLAR OF LOVE,
PILLAR OF HARMONY AND PILLAR OF COMRADESHIP
WHAT A SAD END?
YOUR DEATH HAS REKINDLED YOUR GREATNESS
FOR YOU WERE DIFFERENT. YOU VALUED HUMANITY IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR SOCIAL STATUS
WE CHERISHED EVERY MOMENT OF
YOUR LIFE . MOSNA EDDY NYATHIWA
(SAD SONG)
BABU, OUR PILLAR OF LOVE AND TOGETHERNESS
IS GONE. ROLLING DOWN OUR CHEEKS
FOR YOU. ARE GONE AND NEVER TO RETURN
FAREWELL OUR BROTHER
BABU IDHI ADIERA?
OUR PILLAR OF LOVE AND TOGETHERNESS
IS NO MORE!!
END
(SAD SONG)
BY EUNICE ATIENO AND OBAT MASIRA
IN UYOMA KOBONG- PALA SCHOOL
22 ND MARCH 2013
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