King Of Boys(Kob) Poem by Uche Nwanze

I like to tell a story of a King who once lived. In a land of boys was a King
From the ashes he rose
Like a phoenix he soared at sunrise
Sojourned he the abode of mortals never did he walk alone
Friends more oft than foes made he everywhere he went
Like a ray of sunshine he enveloped this accursed earth
Our troubled world he infected with his boisterous laughter
As the fate of all mortals when the giant clock sings we exit the stage never to return
Goodbye, you waited not to wave us
Farewell you bid us not, in a hurry you left
Stood he firm as the oak tree, a home for all specie of birds
A colossus, he was larger than life
A bridge between the senile and juvenile, frail and nimble
Warmed our hearts with the stories of his travails and travels
Like a mist vanished he into the skies
A comet you blaze forth the heavens
Mortals may fade into the abyss of oblivion, forever you live in our hearts
Men may eclipse into obscurity, a King you reign forever
Though the night be dark and cold, the resurrection morning draws high
Though our hearts be broken and bleeds, cry we will not for you dwell in the realm of immortality.