16
It’s sad to watch you board your flight to history
Slip off my fingers like spilled red wine
And 365 moments of you were nothing but joyful crucifixion
Cause you were a tale that ended with tragedy and happiness
You gave me my first birthday cake
And flipped my life’s book to the new page
You made my pen fly without feathers
The very moment you introduced me to Mz.Blankpaperz
I thought I was Sampson
Until you broke my bones by seizing breathe off granny’s nostrils
You made me a man
You taught me patience
You taught me that I was just too tall for the box of expectations people try to fix me in
You told me love was a song I was yet ready to sing
Even though I thought I knew the notes, chords and progressions
You gave me amazing friends
You told me I wasn’t too small to effect change
Hence you gave me the voice and the pen
Thank you 16 and I hope 17 teaches more greater lessons
Goodbye
Ofem Ubi
