Friday, June 26, 2009

This is it!


The news of his death hit me with mixed feelings.
First I thought it was a joke
He’d been the butt of many in recent times
Then I laughed
Then again I thought "how exactly did he die"
I pictured his thin frame on his lush bed
All white skin with no trace of a black spot
Peacefully (or not) slipping into the other world
What will he do when he gets there?
Will he do that astounding dance?
Will anyone recognize him?
I think Seun would...
He passed on last week
And I know he loved MJ
Maybe he'll ask for his autograph
- Me

A tragic ending to a troubled soul!!!!
Though I believe there is more to death or so I want to believe
But I was a big fan in my early childhood
When my aunties in university had the songs booming from the stereo
Into my head till it clung like glue
Those years when everything new fascinated one
Wearing my little brother skin tight jumping trousers
Imagining I had my own glossy black shoes
I would try out my comical version of the moon walk
My varied and distorted version of the waist trust
It use to send my aunties sprawling with laughter
Those were his days of glory
He had reached the very top of success
Literally worshipped
To fall apart, like that, from a god to less than a man
To fall to such a state of ridicule
Selah
- Ay

3 comments:

  1. Hmmm.. One of the less hero-worshipping tributes I've read online..

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  2. Written very matter-of-factly..

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  3. Will MJ go to heaven?
    Did MJ do anything wrong on earth?
    I don't know anything about his soul's fragility, but for someone to achieve so much n just go...like that without really redeeming himself is just frightening...eerie...weird

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