Wednesday, 14 October 2015

TRIBUTE TO KIPTUM




Departure of a comrade causes great grief
Loss is an understatement, meaner than an undergarment
Kiptum’s passing on brought mortal torment
Pain a petty word to talk of our befuddlement
It’s hard to believe he’s gone


Courteous, caring and charismatic were his qualities in life
Brave, bold his venerable virtues in big battle with cardiac
All values in which we forever fail to thrive
Engaging instead in needless strife
It’s hard to believe he’s gone
Gentility was his other name
He never strove for fame
Effortlessly nonetheless he earned the same
With humility he always wafted this undying flame
How hard it is to believe he’s gone
In our hearts is left doom
Inside our souls drilled are bores of gloom
Severer than battery with a broom
Without you ours is like a vacant dreadful room
It’s hard to conjecture you are gone Kiptum
His tale is catchy, touchy this Turk
A gent whose warmth was an instant spark
Never did he wade in murk
His life path being pure white, less a speck of black
Oh! It’s unbelievable gone he’s, never to be back

Where art thou, fellow collegians?
Let’s don in sackcloth, put on ash
Roll on the ground like a castoff moustache
Hasn’t death been too harsh?
Isn’t it hard to imagine he’s gone?




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