Written in memory of Professor Kofi Awoonor, killed in Kenya 2013
We all
know that the pen is mightier than the sword,
But some
days ago the sword thought it was mightier than the pen
They lie
bad!
The pen IS mightier than the
sword!
Long
after the ra ta tat tat of the guns have echoed away,
The ink
from the pen would stay,
The words
from the mighty oak would never fade away
The pen IS mightier than the
sword!
Long
after we've forgotten the names of those who welded the axe,
Long
after their names disappear from memory,
The name
Awoonor would stay,
The
discharges of ink from his pen would remain etched in every one's mind
His death
will open a gateway for others to do what they love
what they feel and what they
desire - to be storytellers
The lie
lie the idiots tried to feed us no go hold
The
randomness of their sword chose a wrong victim because as long as we live, as
long as we breathe, as long as we read,
our storyteller will live on.
The pen
IS mightier than the sword,
Professor
Awoonor, your last days were spent storytelling and creating
but your
last day was not really your last day, but an ascendancy into another realm of
storytellers long gone
They lie
bad
Truly,
the pen is mightier than the sword
They lie
bad! Long live the pen of the Prof!
The pen
IS mightier than the sword
