Tribute Poem To Great Artistes We Have Lost
The Stars That Twinkled Yesterday
The stars that twinkled yesterday
Have dimmed into ashes of pain
The plain truth is the loss
Suffered in vain … loss of precious grain…
We pain for Joanes Midha Owaga the choreographer…..
The dancer and the counselor …a brother
We pain for Pamela Ombima an actress … a sister.
But why? Must fate be so cruel?
Yet they shone … born to be
But what is also must go … free
And that is nature beyond our ken
Great artistes are gone
Each on urn
Our smiles have been dimmed.
Our sorrows brimmed
But will new hopes be born?
That two vibrant souls return
Naked you came into this world
And naked you proceed out
Joanes Midha wuod Owaga
Ja got Ramogi
Your passing has created a void
And chasun too difficult to fill
And chaos in the sea of arts
When a dark shadow looms amongst us
As the sunset upon Jaramogi wuod Jane Nyar Yimbo
Where is our Pamela Ombima? Nyar Engineer Tito.
Who acted like a sparrow in the space?
Where is the smiling face of joy
That came naked into the world
And now naked must go out
As we mourn in the painful doubt.
You both lived amongst us as icons
With dignity full of understanding
Ever crisscrossing crisises:
Your virtues and value a glow
But what a blow to blooming talents
Even as we remember you in light
The songs … the dances … in theatrical arts.
Those monumental moments everywhere
In Uganda and in the home groomed.
Ever in pursuit of social transformation
To give society value, virtue and joy.
The little things in life that brightens the heart
The little things that make our world better.
You combined all to give life lustre and meaning
Naked you came into the world
And naked you must now go.
But Misango Arts Ensemble will never forget
The double tragedy we so much regret
Fare thee well sister Pamela Ombima
Fare the well brother Joanes Midha Owaga
Behold the doves of peace salute.
Even as death becomes absolute
Fare thee well brother
Fare thee well sister!
Till we meet again!
A tribute poem in memory of Joanes Midha Owaga and Pamela Ombima,
Akech Obat Masira
Director
Misango Arts Ensemble
Kisumu, Kenya
Tel no: +254 726.164.954.
July 25, 2009
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The Stars That Twinkled Yesterday: A Rejoinder
ReplyDeleteMiss me, but let me go
When I come to the end of the road
And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom filled room
Why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little - but not too long
And not with your head bowed low
Remember the love that we once shared
Miss me - but let me go
For this is a journey that we must all take
And each must go alone
It's all a part of the Master's plan
A step on the road to home
When you are lonely, and sick of heart
Go to the friends we know
Go to our family at Misango Arts
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds
Miss me - but let me go
- Anon
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