Abebi !(In loving Memory of my late Mum)

Opomulero moja lekan,

Ikoyi oyo Omo Ati gan Loju ogun,

Abebi born into wealth,
Abebi born into health,

Abebi of crown and apparel,

Of simplicity and honesty,

Abebi ! Raised by a lion

Abebi raised with iron fist,

Of lack and abundance

Of abundance and denial,

Abebi, carved and fashioned to be strong,

Abebi, tall and beautiful,
With tribe marks of kinship,

Abebi is beautiful inside out,

Honest you are, a faithful friend and mother

Your straightforwardness often misinterpreted,

How you love God! How you devoted to HIM!!
Your passion and only hope!

Like a lion you protected your cubs !

"Love me love my dog if you don't love my dog don't love me"

Are your watchword,

Abebi long to find love but love did not find her,

Abebi, languished , toil all days, toil all years

To clothe and feed her cubs,

Abebi!Abebi!! How you wept !!!
How you lack but as a lioness you pull through

Alas! AT HARVEST Abebi is no more,

Silence! ABEBI !! ABEBI MI!!! My rare jewel is gone!

(c) Funmi Adeyemo, 2016