For MJ!

The news of his death hit me with mixed feelings.
First I thought it was a joke
He’s been the butt of many in recent times
Then I laughed
Then again I thought "how exactly did he die"
I pictured his thin frame on his lush bed
All white skin with no trace of a black spot
Peacefully (or not) slipping into the other world
What will he do when he gets there?
Will he do that astounding dance?
Will anyone recognize him?
I think Seun would...
He passed on last week
And I know he loved MJ
Maybe he'll ask for his autograph

- Toyin

A tragic ending to a troubled soul!!!!
Though I believe there is more to death or so I want to believe
before his death he was on the path to reclaim some of the lost glory

I was a big fan in my early childhood
When my aunties then had his songs booming from the stereo
Into my head till it clung like glue
Those years when everything new fascinated one
Wearing my little brother skin tight jumping trousers
Imagining I had my own glossy black shoes
I would try out my comical version of the moon walk
My varied and distorted version of the waist trust
It use to send my aunties sprawling with laughter
Those were his days of glory
He had reached the very top of success
Literally worshipped
To fall apart, like that, from a god to less than a man
To fall to such a state of ridicule.

yet it cannot be taken from him

he added colour to earth

it can be said of him a man walked through here

it reminds us of something true and at times taken for granted

success and life can be fleeting

like shakespear said 'the world is a stage

all men have their entry and exit'

so did he!

selah

-Ayo