A Eulogy to Robert Nesta Marley
Brother Bob!
Your teaching, your prophecies, your insight, your wisdom, your thoughtfulness to seek betterment for all humankind, makes you the righteous one; because you said once upon a time that: “the lips of the righteous teach many; but fools die for want of wisdom”. You even remind mankind that: “Life is one big road with lots of signs; so when you are ridings through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind”?
Brother Bob! It was your encouragement for Natty to “Rise and rule again” and on this day, your seeds have live to see Natty rising from the great house of Enkare Nyarobi and ruling the planet Earth once again.
Brother Bob! Your vision, your desire to fight poverty and injustice was the reason to challenge those in position of authority to “have pity on those whose chances grows t’inner” by reminding them that “there is no hiding place from the father of creation”.
Brother Bob! You said “destruction of the poor is in their poverty”. (Such inspiring words lead me to establish Proper Resolution Inc., a self-supported not for profit endeavors to fight poverty by providing tuition assistance to underprivileged children in West Africa); because it is my believe that: In all greatness of human dexterity, poverty is still one of the world’s most disastrous enemies. Brother Bob; I thank you for your timeless work here on earth and may your prophetic legacy continue to inspire us.
(Sleep well, my lord.)
© 2012 Copyright, Moses Abiola
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