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OCEAN OF TEARS Things were good just yesterday Till death took you away today Now, we are feeling like we lost everything Oh yes, we lost everything when we lost you If only our eyes could pour out all the tears our heart holds Your casket will be over floating on them These tears hold no salt; our heart is laden with bitterness We still wonder if the stars still shine out for us When we look up; the very star we look up to has faded Can you wake now? We are drunk in sorrow. Worst things in life come free to us Death sold us what we didn’t order to buy It delivered itself to us when we didn’t give out any address What kind of offline shopping is this? If only we can return this ugly unwanted purchase We may forever be stuck in this daydream What a black Saturday; it was supposed to be a happy day for all of us 45th convocation ceremony! So many invites; yet, you didn’t turn up It’s not alright to die; though, it’s the only thing you never tried Prof. If only you waited billion days; trillion tears could have been saved. Who? Where? When? Why? ... Unending questions; heart-breaking answers If we were to write about your death in an answer script We will submit empty script because we don’t know what to write How can we write what doesn’t have course outline? Many will demand for extra script; to use and clean up their tears Prof. you have left a big vacuum in our heart and in our department Who will tend to your courses and your supervisees now that you are gone? If these are my last words about you; I didn’t say them only in bitterness You scholarly legacies are enough to restore us to default hope. Requiscant in pace Proffesor Ken. Ifesinachi…
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