Death Poem by Olawale Akinyokun

DO WE WEEP BECAUSE WE MISS ONE SO DEAR? ? ?
OR DO WE BECAUSE OF WHAT WE HAD BUT IS COME TO AN END? ? ?
THE DEMISE OF A BENEFACTOR, MEN SOBER AND GLUM.
THE LOSS OF A PILLAR, HEADS BENT IN KNEES.
THE REASON KNOWN ONLY TO THOSE WHO WEEP IN ANGUISH.
JEWELS LOST, SAGES GONE OUT FROM AMONG US.
THE BEREAVED DROWNING IN UNENDIND POOL OF PAIN,
LONG FACES, TEARS FREE-FALLING FROM THE MINDS SKY.
TRAGEDY TOLD IN A TALE BY THE EYES OF MANY,
EYES SAGGING AND PALE.
THE BODY IN SYMPHONY, THE SOUL SICK AND UNHALE.
DEATH...SUCH SADNESS DO YOU BRING,
FUNERALS AND WAYKEEPS,
THOUGH SWEET WORDS SAID IN EULOGIES.
THEIR MOTIVE THE LORD KNOWS ONLY....
VICARS TREATING THE DEAD TO DAINTIES,
HELL OR HEAVEN BOUND, THE SOUL'S CHOICE STILL...