It feels like just the day before
When all witnessed his birth
Family and friends couldn’t help
But express their joy
From a beautiful baby
He grew into a wonderful boy
He began to crawl
And he hoped to walk
Just like everyone did
That was his first hope
It was achieved
He walked finally
Then he began making sounds
They were no known language
Yet they were heart-soothing
His second hope
To learn to speak
Was achieved too
Then he began sailing through life
His loved ones grew continuously proud of me
His hopes were all fulfilled
Except his ultimate one
To live to be great
It was to be achieved in a few years time
Then death embraces coldly this happy soul
And all fulfilled hopes made powerless
With all those yet to be achieved shattered
Of course many will cry
The many hearts will be broken
I do cry and
My heart is already broken
The loss of a beautiful soul
And the shattering of hopes
(c) 2010 Owiredu Albert Kofi
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