Valar Morghulis Poem by Uche Nwanze

My cry for help, on deaf ears it fell
Was drowning in the murky waters of agony, no hand to lift me up
My voice filled with anguish, it echoed into oblivion
A shinning light, extinguished by the villainy of man
A bright comet, dispatched into obliteration
My Fame you tame into extinction
Roses and petals at my graveside, save your sympathy
Tributes and encomium by my hearse, enough of your hypocrisy
An army of moirologists and mutes at my obsequies, my voice hoarse from their harangue
When I fought my fears, where were your tears
While my traducers taunt and haunt me, you trailed in apathy
I groped the dark alley of despair, you lit no candle to show me the way
You honour me in my passing, if only you fed my soul with the crumbs of your plaudits
Cut down by the sword of betrayal, I will rise like the phoenix
Erased from this place, a good pace he fought a good race
Now no trace of his mace, his face forever in our hearts
Our ears hunger for the symphony of your lyrics, your voice serenades in the host of angels
We thirst and wait in pregnant hope for the cold soup of justice to be served
The slippery path of mortals you no longer walk, the realm of the celestial you reside
On the day of the Sun, we shall chorus in unison