Where <br />were <br />the <br />opposing <br />ghost? , <br />when <br />the <br />sun <br />sank <br />in <br />darkness! <br /> <br /> <br />where <br />were <br />the <br />Tigress? , <br />when <br />the <br />hunting <br />ghost <br />came <br />to <br />strike. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Where <br />were <br />the <br />pitying <br />heart <br />of <br />death? , <br />no <br />consideration <br />no <br />perquisite <br />to <br />personality? . <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Like <br />a <br />Nonentity, <br />the <br />Lionhearted <br />were <br />dosed <br />to <br />an <br />everlasting <br />sleep. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Dora <br />Mrs. <br />Akunyili, <br />an <br />international <br />view <br />of <br />excellence, <br />the <br />perfect <br />example <br />of <br />probity <br />and <br />integrity, <br />the <br />sphere <br />of <br />pharmacology <br />shall <br />cry <br />tears <br />for <br />your <br />absence. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Hmmmmm! <br />this <br />death! <br />this <br />death! ! , <br />what <br />have <br />the <br />just <br />stole <br />in <br />your <br />living <br />room? . <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Dora, <br />the <br />disguised <br />person <br />in <br />the <br />sphere <br />of <br />counterfeit <br />foods <br />and <br />drugs. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />We <br />cry <br />helplessly <br />like <br />the <br />weak <br />hearted, <br />would <br />death <br />have <br />a <br />stop <br />button? , <br />I <br />and <br />Nigerians <br />would <br />switch <br />it <br />off <br />forever. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />You <br />will <br />be <br />misted <br />for <br />your <br />kind <br />is <br />find less. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />And <br />we <br />remain <br />in <br />this <br />diabolical <br />earth's <br />habitat <br />though <br />you <br />have <br />gone <br />beyond <br />sight, <br />but <br />with <br />your <br />intersection <br />and <br />that <br />of <br />the <br />saints, <br />we <br />could <br />have <br />another; <br />Prof. <br />Dora <br />Akunyili. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />And <br />we <br />pray <br />to <br />the <br />Almighty; <br />that <br />your <br />great <br />soul <br />gets <br />a <br />great <br />resting <br />bed <br />in <br />the <br />bosom <br />of <br />God, <br />amen! .<br /><br />Chinweokwu Sunlight M. Ndubuisih<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tribute-to-the-late-dora-akunyili/
