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FOR MY SON
I create diligently with the gift of my art
words that flow with consideration and care
I fashion them this way so when I depart
I would have left you something to endear
I have done my best to be free of flaws
but if you find any as my son please understand
I lived as a man who abided by his own laws
and who expressed what his spirit demanded.
Through loyalty, passion and my yearning will
I freed the genius from the prison of my mind
showing the world and the heaven, my god given skills
as a testimony to you my son that I will leave behind
so that you may know the apple is part of the tree
so is its seeds, its essence, its beauty and its rind
just like you Shango my son, you are part of me
and like me be brave and let your godliness shine.
Written by Olutunde