"Sunset At Noon", Being A Poem Dedicated To All Who Have Lost a Loved One, Especially During Child Birth, Sickness or Accident)

Poem Title: SUNSET AT NOON

The nights lost its splendour
Glamour and fantasies
It no longer whispers
The way it does
When you lay by my side

The house became cold
It can never be the same again
Without you by side
To have and to hold

You are pricelessly priceless
Ireplaceably awesome
God's perfect creation
For me and me alone

A part of me is gone
The tears drop like rivers
Your memories fresh like dews
If only i had a choice...

You treated me like a son
Made my meals and our bed
Did my laundry as my mother
Yet my inestimable partner
My ever shinning star

I waited to hear the good news
We did our best brought joys
The addendum, we lost her
Broke the Camel's back
That day i died before i died

Why do bad things happen to good people?
And good things to bad people?
We prayed and fasted
But the Creator took His Creation
Who can battle with Him?

Although you left imprints
Children, siblings and loved ones
God's reward for our union
But none can take your place
Who then will be my playmate?

We planed and prayed
Laughed and cried together
We seemed inseperable
Until the unavoidable enemy emerged
Making your sun set at noon?

Imagine a week without food
A month without your cellphone
Imagine salad without mayonnaise
Then imagine existing without you
Lifeless and worthless

Your sweet cuddles at dawn
Is pleasure to my soul
When we lock lips and kiss
The freshness in your breathe
Reminds me of you

Whenever i close my eyes
All i see is you
After a telling while of absence
I still feel you around
This can only be love

Our love is rooted in friendship
It never dies, it never will
He who takes the body
But not the soul
Is the weaker one
My heart yearns for you

On your mark
Ready and set
You ran your race
Arrived your destination
Blazzed the trail with honours
And passed on the tourch

When we meet again
I shall tell you all
Who tried to take your place
But i locked the doors
With the keys in the ocean of love

Who says Adults do not tear?"
When you know you know
We are humans too
With blood running within
Above all, love makes us cry

God has taken you away
From the ills of the world
In good or bad times
Who can really question "Eledumare"
"For in all things; give thanks"

Babatunde Raimi (Author/Life Coach/Poet)