REQUIEM
Requiem was a solemn word
Pipes and assorted drinks for all
Songs and horns
Purpose for such is gone so is the word

Hearse and tears
Are for those who truly mourn
The crowd come for the after fun
From those who mourn

Beers and smoke
Ancestral levies
Experimental traditional opportunities
for those whom they wish to levy

Requiem was a solemm word
For every dust
Is a jubilant few
Who know their business would be good

For every tear drop
Is another's meal ticket
Another's struggles
Another's celebrations

Requiem is for a celebration
Regardless
Of impact and socialisation
Else the society will see you as too different

Marriages and a birth
Should men celebrate not death!
For death is the end of all things!
Celebrate life
Celebrate the living!
For the dead is no more of this world!

Pharm Odudu Samuel Akpaete