NOW FAR AWAY YOU ARE

T'was eighty two wonderful years, Before you departed to leave me in tears, My loneliness hearkens to the fears left by the hearse, Even the harmattan couldn't dry my streams of tears, Because I know now you are no more near. You left through the corridors of November, Twenty eight is a number I will forever remember, It can't even be withered by any winter, As long as the sun shines and the stars twinkle, I will remember you even after my cheeks wrinkle. I came out first under your big umbrella, You rhymed my name and I became a Cinderella, You left me on a path illuminated in high candela, You decorated my life with beautiful chandeliers, You poured wisdom full into my many tumblers. Before God made all the angels your trumpeters. Now with God your soul now forever stays, Your demise messaged more things than you could say, To your honour I shall live my days, May God almighty continue to guide my ways, Rest on dad, till we shall meet at the heavenly quays.