Thinking of Michael Jackson
The recent death of Michael Jackson reminded me of this poem I wrote a few years ago titled If I should die (see below). When I dug the poem out and read it, I could see why it had come to my mind
Michael has indeed accomplished his life’s work and left his and ideas as legacy not just for those alive today but for generations of people who are yet unborn. We need not weep for Michael but celebrate his life for this is one man who went empty - to the grave giving to life all he had to give.
So here’s to Michael who had given so much to our world – Rest in Peace and thanks for not being selfish. Thank you for giving all you had to make the world a better place.
If I should die
If I should die this day
Roll out the drums and celebrate
Let no eye be moist
Let no tear drop
For when I die
My life’s work is done
Many came in the world before me
Others came when I did
Lots have come after me
And many more are yet to come
Millions have died unfulfilled
Pregnant with ideas
They were laid to rest
Life and purpose dead and gone
Buried under cold stone slabs
This prayer did pass across my lips
Lord let this not be my lot
Give me the strength to run my course
And A sense of purpose
For focus each day
God faithful as He is
Promised me grace to run the race
Thus if this be the day I die
Weep not for me I say
For when I die
I go empty to the grave
Every one of my dreams fulfilled
My mission fully accomplished
My vision and ideas as legacy I leave
For those who are yet to be
© 2001 Ibitomilade Adejuyigbe (aka Tomi Akinyanmi).
Mental Pabulum July 18, 2009
You can never change a person, you only change their thoughts and you don’t really change their thoughts you merely subdue one for another which means the subdued thought can resurface at any time.
Mental Pabulum
I’m adding a new category of posts called mental pabulum which in everyday English means – food for thought. Watch out for the weekly posts and leave your comments.
Here is the Mental Pabulum for this week:
People who are envious of you will always try to put you down. They never recognize your successes instead they magnify your weaknesses. They would never let you forget your failures. The reason for their behavior is this: the only way they get to feel better about themselves and move past their own failures is either by putting by on the same level as themselves or by putting you beneath them. What you need to do, is to flee from the company of such people otherwise you’ll only end up seeing yourself as a failure all the time. Pause and think on this.
Jungle Justice
Ingrate’s men are wailed the tree
I give to him the air he breathes
I shelter him in the storm
Yet grateful to me he wouldn’t be
He cuts me up and drains my blood
My limbs he uses for his fire
Ah such agony he gives to me
For to my children he does the same
You think that agony says the sea
I give to him the clouds he needs
I bear him unto distant lands
Yet with dyes he poisons me
And perhaps you haven’t heard
How he from the cradles my children snatches up
A murderer him I would call
How he loves you both says the sky
I shelter him from the sun
Dangerous gases I keep away
Yet my face he does not want to see
Thus with smoke and gases he chokes me up
And all because he has the power
An oppressor that’s what he is
Shut you all up says the land
What of I who hold you all in place
I give to man a stepping stone
But what does he give in return
Large holes he digs into me
And my innards he exploits
My liver he uses for a chain
My spleen for his earrings use
My heart uses he for his fuel
And now I hear you all cry out
What more agony could be
Greater than this
Aye all you call man that he is and more
A destroyer that’s my name for him
What do we they all cried out?
For we can see he respects us not
I will began the land
Refuse the holes in me to refill
“And I will……” he also says
Under the sea hide my face
Then…. said the sea with glee
I will flood all his lands
His poisons I also will
Give back to him for his drink
Then the sky says to them
I will roll up my skirts right away
And let the wicked gases have their way
As for me says the tree
I will no children bear again
One day none of me he will find
To build his fire then he’ll die from cold
How then they clapped and rejoiced
A way out…… they all had found
To deliver justice unto man
© 1999 Ibitomilade Adejuyigbe (aka Tomi Akinyanmi).
Relentless
As I lay me down to rest
Thoughts of the day gone
Memories of challenges overcame
And reflections of dreams yet unfulfilled
Flicker across my weary mind
I fell asleep
Yet my brain would not
And through the night
Countless thoughts it did recall
Filling my mind with dread
for the coming day
What fights lie in stock?
What challenges coming on?
What strategy to employ
Yet these all eluded me
For the day was yet to come
I woke up at dawn
A smile across my kips
No matter what lies before
I never would give up
© 1999 Ibitomilade Adejuyigbe (aka Tomi Akinyanmi).
Out of the shadows
I’m coming out of the shadows
long has my face been hid
now I push aside the veil of doubts
reaching out,
I embrace the light of truth.
Risk is a normal part of life
failures too another norm
he who would in life succeed
must learn to put doubt and fear
in their place
far behind his eyes
that he may see his dream
and fight to make them real.
For ages fear held me in its grips
and terrified that I should fail
I sought solace in the abyss of despair
too scared to take a risk
now that truth has shed its light on me
i have courage found
to take a step and dare to hope
that my dreams are within my grasp.
Though doubts and fears lurk still
in some corners of my mind
if the shadows will be no more
I must be strong and move ahead
a step at a time the way to go
then I am certain to attain
that which I now clearly see
right before my eyes.
© 2009 Tomi Akinyanmi
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