A child is born and it all begins.
The story of the pregnancy and its stress.
A celebration begins but just mild.
The family is caught in the joy.
The child is named and the party is wild.
The child begins life with mother as a guide.
The pains of death set in just soon.
It comes when he is a toddler.
A careless effort so to say and it stings
"He ate dirt and fell sick"
A mothers heart bleeds for a wasted labour.
"He was poured hot water and couldn't survive
A mother weeps for a lost child
The pains of death are inflicted upon her.
It comes when he is grown.
My son is almost a graduate.
A careless mistake and he is gunned down
He was suspected a cultist
The pains of death torment a mother, a father, siblings
It comes in his prime
A successful man beautiful wife lovely kids
He has it all.
Tall and handsome fair and kind a plane crash
He was on it
A widowed wife bereaved mother fatherless children hopeless relatives
He was training my children on scholarship.
The pains of death sting like a bee
It takes away every glee.
It strikes in his old age a time he has finished the race.
Well expected as it is time
Although a respecter of no time
An old man is expected to die
The pains of death sting the widowed wife fatherless men and woman young grand kids .
An entire community
The pains of death lie in wait
Like a hunter hunting its prey
It stays quiet
As calm as a lion stalking its prey
It waits quietly for its brother death to strike
For he only enters after the blow of death is released
It sting so painful it affects not just families
The community is hurt a congregation is hurt
Fear instilled in the minds of youth
The time for sober reflection
The time to correct our lives
A lesson to appreciate what we have
Oh would it be so far fetched if I wished
For a world free of death pain?
I hear the reply "yes it would"
It means a world without death
Oh death that bringer of terror and death pains
My heart answers the rest
As long as this mortal body of ours remains, death and its pains lurk in each corner
Cheers to the wish you were here but you’re not
Toast to the ones here today
Toast to the ones that we lost on the way
‘Cause the Love bring back all the memories
We all love in the hope that someday,
Never again will we feel these pains
Or fear the one who inflicts it.
Dedicated to all those we've lost in the cause of our struggle for a better life.