Do you remember the last letter I wrote you?
I can’t remember either, but my good guess is
I was asking for money to buy this and that
I can tell you now, I had venereal disease
I was ashamed to say it to you.
But today daddy, I write you, not ashamed at all
I am a father too, I learnt it from you.
I have looked around for years now
I fail to get your postal address
I write anyway, hoping you read as I write
I have always been aware you are there watching over me.
It’s been ten years daddy since you been gone
I know you miss us, and we miss you too
I specially do, because you left me a load,
Shingi freaked out, he left it all to me.
Did you get mad with him? Because I am
As I progress in my sad life
I always wish I had your courage
You always handled everything with ease.
I struggle every day dad, pain is taking toll on me
I left the family alone in search of the sweet pie
I still haven’t got it, just pain and heartache.
Somewhere there, were you are
I believe there is a nice place to live
And the big man is a good man
Could you ask Him on my behalf if you can?
That he gives me joy and good fortune
That I may not struggle and hurt this much
Could you ask him to spare me that peace?
That I know flourishes up there
Beg Him for me that He may help me build my dreams
For I want to conquer the world
Tell this world how it feels to be nobody.
I have not the armory, this is a bad world
If you could get me the best there is
It would make life much easier.
I look over the distance
The horizon keeps moving away
I dare to touch the clouds
They keep floating away

Sometimes I lose hope, I want to stop
So I ask you again dad
Get the Man above, ask Him for ingenuity
Ask Him for perseverance
So that I may walk all the way through
If you can, dad, sneak through here
Clear my way of all thorns, bumps and humps
That I may walk without hitches.
Lastly dad, I have made you grand children, a lot of them
But only you would have known
The best way to grandparent them
I hope that someday you will stop by
And give them that special hug.