Yes, the sounds and melody of tumbrels and harps for him have stopped making any meaning for now. The sky is no longer a silvery and opalescent delight; it is now pitch black and brackish. Nobody ever makes a lovely corpse but when she was alive, Ejiro, the wife of Desmond, the popular artist behind the much-talked about, Veentage band, characterized the essence of loveliness and more.
Now that she has passed on after unsuccessful surgery, Desmond would fight the battle of his life never to let go, the wonderful, sweet memories bequeathed to him by Ejiro. If Desmond , indeed, had one chance to make a wish, he would probably wish the death of Ejiro was mere nightmare. Alas, she has gone forever!
Indeed, if money were a language understood by death, the deceased would be alive. But her time was up, as it were. No doubt, these are harrowing times in the household of the band leader.
She was actually in Dubai for the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila’s mother 90th birthday, until death sneaked in yesterday when she had a surgery, thereby leaving her husband a broken and dejected man. Her remains are being expected in Nigeria soon.
Now, Ejiro is gone, leaving him a loner in the drudgery of life. Her immediate families are down and out; their souls are vexed about the incident. Even from the look of things, it may take more than a passage of time for the wound to heal.
