Norvi Dekpe!!
You should
have seen her
In those glorious days.
When sun wasn’t half as hot as it is now.
When you could swear by the coming of the
rains.
When mobile
phones were a fairytale to the poor and preserve of the very rich.
In those days you should have known Norvi Dekpe.
Her petite
body looking so fragile,
the perfect
Italian marble sculpting of her features almost ethereal.
You should
have seen her I tell you,
in those days when the gait in her feet were
that of one who walks on water,
those butterflies wing that covered her eyes
batted constantly,
as if to prevent over exposure of the bright
stars behind them.
You should
have seen her,
so you can
tell me if there ever was a smile wider, brighter or more life filled.
Oh Norvi,
Though
lowly born was highly made
A beauty
that lay in every eye the beheld it
And many
were those that sought to behold it
Her long
slender neck could have snap with the least force
Yet it
carried on it a head that was twice as beautiful
As the body
it stood on
Village
born, Village raised
City wise,
City made
You should
have known Norvi then
You should
have known Norvi
When she
became a widowed mother
And though
her love had passed on she would have none other
Neither
would you have found a better mother
When mother
and daughter would were same cloth
Talk as
though best friends
More
sisters than Dam and damsel
You should
have known Norvi Dekpe
Before her
story begun to draw my tears
Before news
of her became sad news
Before the marble
sculpture was weathered
By the acid
rain that is life
Before
copper turned green
You should
have known Norvi then
So you’d
lament with me
So you’d
shed a tear for my sense of loss.
You should
have known Norvi Dekpe
