What a fighter

A friend lost a brother,
have i not lost a brother?
a friend mourns,
do i not also mourn?
do these tears not find us both?
are we not to share this loss?
give me the sackcloth,
take the blouse,
give me the wrapper
and the scarf to him
he who cares to share,
to make the grieve lighter,

but it wasn't light for him
the one death did not allow,
the one who was always in gloves,
the one that slept in the ring,
the one who had no room for shadow boxing
the anemia battle was his training session
the main bout was always on,
like a kindled fire,
always burning bright and hot,
never running short of fuel
the wood was in excess,
it supply was the thick mangroove forest,
but for him?

but for himself,
where was the source?
where was the strenght?
was there strenght?
frail and weak,
tender like the little plant leaf,
strenght was from his weakness,
his strenght was from God,
the lions of the dreaded anemia could not roar,
He was who he was
His name was Daniel,
from the nobel family of Odusanya.
He stood for life,
he fought for life,
he was strong,
even him can bear alone all this that we share,
his pain wasnt an issue but yours,
he was a fighter, for he was DANIEL
the great Daniel.

All may have seem to have been lost,
but not for us,
not for daniel,
the one the Lion did not subdue,
for the fight is for another day
u can take the gloves, not the hand that wore them,
you can take the breath but the spirit is forever alive
with the pains that you gave,
with all that you did,
you couldn't erase his smile, he was one amongst a few
he stood aloof, like a shining amour.
he may be gone, but not in our minds
not from our memories,how can?
that hospital bed will never forget,
as the clock ticked to a stop,
it was 10:30am,
it was the 15th day of july,
it was the 22nd year of the bout,
He stood and fought against the hydra-head monster,
Named SICKLE CELL ANEMIA.
Adieu DANIEL ODUSANYA,
i never met you
but i met your being,
through those you affected and infected,
that battles can be lost but not the fight.
Adieu Daniel, rest in the bossom of thy maker