"I am dying", he said,
"Slowly but surely, i am dying i know,
I have no loved ones at hand to share death with me,
Its just you & my words to witness me go..."

"Keep writing", he says with a cough,
"For these words must not die with me",
So i fought my tears & settled to write,
The last words of the man who i had hoped to be...

"First, tell John he must not give up,
My death is neither failure, nor a reason to stop,
I may be gone but life goes on,
Tell him the race is never complete until it is run..."

"Tell Ada", he pauses, "that i always loved her,
In my lonely dark life, she was the only star,
Tell her i loved her, even when she left,
Tell her i hold no grudges, & have no regrets..."

"Tell Jumo..." he goes into a coughing fit,
And i wipe the tears streaming down my face,
"Tears for a dying man are never worth it",
He murmurs as he resumes again...

"Tell Jumoke to tell our son,
All about his father from when he is born,
That i regret being unable to hold his hands,
But tell Jumoke, Funsho must know his dad..."

"Tell my brother, that indeed i was wrong,
I now know; family, with family belongs,
Tell him i said, it is too late for me,
Tell him to go home, for that is where he should be..."

"And tell my mother", he whispers,
"Tell her Tunde has failed her,
Tell her i wished death to her was no stranger,
Tell her i that i would say her well to father..."

"I am dying Ade", he says,
"And i have kept my last message for you,
Ade, yours is important the most,
"Ade" he whispers, and gives up the ghost...