EYES IN MY MEMORY {For Somtinde Audu}

When I close my eyes I see little whirls of breeze
Spinning softly in the chill hamartan of my childhood
How in the cusp of this brownness I grew and learnt to sin. . .
I’m a fallen angel now, hiding amidst the grey sterility of words

In my mind I raise a chalice for you to drink of something
Glimpsed briefly in the deep mines of your feather-soft eyes
So that drunken of it we would unravel the clothes of convention
And touch with tongues the fragile skin of a truth that disturbs no one

But you turn away from the treason of my opening eye
The distance of dreams grows vast; the whirling breeze is stilled,
The chalice of language is broken and all that remains in my hand -
Is the memory of your eyes, and the remembered music of your laughter.

- Ra.

A TRIBUTE TO MY DAD.. LATE MR.EZRA. M. AUDU (2ND SEPT 1944- 25TH JULY 2009)

 

Even after life is gone
In our hearts your love lingers on
Even after you have left our sight     
In our thoughts
your light shines bright
Even after you are gone
In our memories
you forever live on.

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;
Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.

 A father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow. - Author Unknown
  A man never grows up until his father dies. - African Proverb
  As you do for your ancestors, your children will do for you. - African Proverb
  Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father. - Lydia M. Child
  Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. - Author Unknown
  Dads don't need to be tall and broad-shouldered and clever. Love makes them so. - Pam Brown
  He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. - Clarence B. Kelland
  His heritage to his children wasn't words or possessions, but an unspoken treasure, the treasure of his example as a man and a father. - Will Rogers Jr.
  If all the fathers in the world held out their hand in friendship, yours is the one I'd hold. - Author Unknown
  It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was. - Anne Sexton
It is admirable for a man to take his son fishing, but there is a special place in heaven for the father who takes his daughter shopping. - John Sinor

 

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... i miss u Dad, i can't believe it's been two years. Mum is doing fine and so are we all.. Anytime i need scolding and correcting on decisons i've taken, i'm constantly reminded of your absence... Gosh i miss you even more. it's funny but it's the one thing i long for the most right now.. i'm good though, i'm doing just great!.

Love always.. Somtinde

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Two years seems like yesterday, TO THE PERFECT GENTLEMEN RIP FOREVER....
MISS U DAD..........

... Gabriel