An Eulogy to my Fallen Soldier [Dotun Fodoju, Apr. 1986- Nov. 2007]

December 5th, 2007 by Dele

How are the mighty fallen
And their weapons of war - destroyed!

There can be many a friend,

But not one like you

Not one that would have touched my life

The times we had together,

The funs we had

The Bad and the Good

The Sweet and the Sour

Not until you started loosing your fight to Cancer

It might seem that you lost it

But to us you didn’t

A fight is only lost when we visualize it lost

We don’t visualize it lost

Even though we cannot be physical again

We never can have those fun time

Never have those good times,

Never live to see ourselves dream come to life

There is one thing we sure realized

Life is but a journey - with a start and a finish -

You walked yours

You gave it your best

The best in the capacity of the life you have touched

To a point that you have made it clear,

It’s not about the figures we accumulate on our ages

It the figures we accumulate through our influences on people

You’ve challenged us, We look to it and live to it

Even as you’re not here anymore,

We your friends [from the “crib”] will all miss you

Sola (a.k.a nErDYMONK), Victor and Dele -

Still in shocked, you have most importantly thought us -

We should teach ourselves to number our days

And most importantly,

Apply our minds to wisdom - We just can’t tell -

Who’s next?

And for the question you often asked me (Dele) that I never answered,

Yes, I love your sister but probably Sola( nErDYMONK) will take care of her.

Odabo! with Love you!

Dedicated to my friend who passed on few days ago after a long battle with Cancer -

Ms. Dotun Fodoju (Apr. 1986 - Nov. 2007)

One Response to “An Eulogy to my Fallen Soldier [Dotun Fodoju, Apr. 1986- Nov. 2007]”

  1. T Says:

    I’m very sorry for your loss. If there’s one thing I learned from this eulogy, It will be that we should all know that our days are numbered.

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