YOU'RE WORDS
WE WOKE UP FEELING JOYOUS AND RELIEVED
YOUR WORDS WERE LIKE A SOOTHING BALM TO OUR DREAMS
THEY FREED US FROM EVERY PAIN THAT HELD US DOWN.
YOUR PRESENCE IN OUR LIVES COULD BE COMPARED;
TO THE POUCH IN THE STOMACH OF MOTHER KANGAROO
IT HID US FROM EVERY DISTRACTION HENCE WE WERE VERY FOCUSED IN LIFE.
YOU’RE TESTIMONIES WERE LIKE AMOURS MADE OF IRON AND STRONG FIBER
IT PREVENTED US FROM THE BULLETS OF DISCOURAGEMENT
AND WE YET AGAIN STRIVE EVEN IN STORMY TIMES.
YOUR WORDS WERE LIKE SALT
THAT SPICED OUR FEAST OF EXPRESSION WITH POETRY AND JOURNALISM
WE FOUGHT AND TRIUMPH OVER ILLEGALITIES.
INDEED YOUR WORDS FELT LIKE THE BREATHE OF LIFE;
BECAUSE I KNEW WITHIN MY SOUL THAT I LIVED AGAIN