SELASIE (A Dirge)

A million tears can’t bring you back
Real regrets, can’t turn back time
Worries and wailing can’t change your fate
For you’re now the caught of the death hawk

I knew you from the tears of Nana Dansoa Nuamah
Seeing that happy girl so broken
…broke my heart into pieces
But at the same time, it spoke volumes
…of how much you meant to her
How great a human you were

She said you were a gentle soul
One so brilliant
…even stars would suffer to compete with
She said you have been playmates
…for almost your lifetime
She said you taught her how to ride a bicycle
So you leaving in pieces by unfortunacy
…breaks her heart
…and mine

If there is a beautiful place for a shocked gone
I pray you find it
If there is a better way to view your passing
…I hope your family find it
If there is a better way for left-behinds to find solace
I hope they find it
I pray for the womb that lost you
I pray for the giver of your last name
I pray your home recovers from this afternoon doom

Rest in peace Sela
I hope your Lord hears you
Help your young ones live the life you couldn’t
Rest in power Selasie
May your young soul find rest
Till afterlife finds us all
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia for Selasie, a friend of the adorable Nana Ama Dansoa Nuamah, who passed through a terrible motor accident on 10th March, 2026.