As You Have Heard Poem by Thabani Khumalo

LOB!
As you have heard me say it, so child listen!
I have bought you with the full value of my blood,
And I've indeed become your father of generations.

As a Father,
I want to give you a way to grow up because growing up is living.
I know the powers above your strength by either quirk or fate
And I can decree them below you by my intrinsic power or volition,

Just as long as you listen to me semantically,
you shall be famous for your indomitable pride and love for self.
I will raise you only within the kingdom, the power and the glory;
you shall know the awesome feel and the sweeter taste of paradise.
You shall reign over the ghastly Heavens above
and over the infernos of the Hells below.
Then, I shall solemnly swear in asserted declaration that,
I am LOB, your glorious father.