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FOR MICHELLE |
To my dearest friend, Michelle Mabel Mangune. May you rest in peace)
You often looked at me
With eyes all aglow
The fires a-plenty
E'en in the snow
You smiled unfailingly at Life
Embracing it with fierceness
Battling against strife
Searching for that happiness
You fought against endless pain
Held your head up high
E'en as you rode the midnight train
And sometimes I wonder why
You grasped the bubbles of fantasy
Shielding yourself from Sorrow
But the world had refused to see
The desperation only I seem to know
Sometimes, secretly, I begrudged you
That optimism, that strength
I envied the spirit you kindled true
The weary courage you spent
Perhaps, you are happy now
Life cannot hurt you anymore
You performed and taken a bow
And waved goodbye at the door
I pray you that happiness
Is it not the only thing you wanted
I pray you filled that emptiness
That peace that has you haunted
But I miss you, my friend
For you have been more than that
I have loved you poorly in the end
Perhaps, we all pay for what is not
I have not forgotten you
For all the humanity you've shown
I grieve for the things we cannot undo
And your love that I have known
Thus, this is a song I part
For a friend that never will I forget
Michelle, you are always in my heart
That none can take, e'en in death...
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| 8th June 1996 | | |
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