LETTER TO SHOLA ALYNSON

LETTER TO SOLA ALLYSON

By: Abiola OlaOluwa

Your beginning was a letter that seems to be untold

They are letters with endless ending

Piecing into your world from behind

One could see the quiet of Night, a girl’s silent plea

Echoes unheard, lost in a world to free

Your mother’s love is a distant dream

In loneliness, Sola's heart does scream

No tender touch, no soothing embrace

In the wilderness of thy heart

You real out your mind in lyrics

In the realness of your struggle

You projected your brilliancy

A girl of strength, though none understand

Abused, betrayed, your innocence torn

Yet your heart, a flame is burning

You sleep beneath the staircase cold

A refuge bleak, your story untold

But in the corridors of your mind

Brilliance blooms, a rare find

You never rode with depression

I guess you suppress it in your expression

Even without any affection

Your expression created affection

You reminded us of who we are in your lyrics

Yet you still need a soothing balm of love

Your mother truly heard the whistle of the time

But you were deaf to her lyrics

Just because you are graced with consciousness

No wonder when the light finally shines to thy path,

You didn’t accept their offer of waywardness

You presented your person, your style, your look

And that is your brand

Sola, the light has come, let your wound be healed

Your past only corrects your future

I knew you cried in silence

I heard your humming in the very act of humiliation

I mean your sobbing in the darkest heart

I knew your bleeding on the inside

No tender touch, no soothing embrace

Just empty spaces, a cold, dark place

Yearning for warmth, for a gentle hand

To guide your steps, to help your stand

Your pleading eyes were ignored by your father

Your mother wore I-DON’T-CARE eyelashes

Sorry, the situation blanked her mind

And her orientation rode with time for survival

Sola, all these scenarios birthed the reality of you

No one deserves your ARREST

Don’t think of revenge

In the depths of your souls despair

you find a strength, a light to bear

For love can bloom in unexpected ways

In friends who stay, in sunlit days

You learn to love to heal the pain

To dance in the rain to rise again

For though your mother’s care may lack

You find the love you always sought

In your own heart, a treasure caught

Your voice, a gift from heavens above,

Carried pain, but also love.

In Yoruba songs, sola found release,

Her melodies, a balm of peace.

Through every note, she poured her soul,

Each lyric tells a story untold.

Of battles fought, of tears shed,

Of dreams deferred, yet not dead.

Your voice, a beacon in the night,

Guiding others to find their light.

In every song, a healing grace,

A testament to your inner space.

For though depression tried to dim your flame,

Your music rose, a triumphant claim.

You sing joy, of hope, of love,

A Yoruba singer, blessed from above.

So let your voice ring loud and clear,

A testament to what we hold dear.

In darkness, there's a light that gleams,

Through music's power, we find our dreams.

God bless you so dearly

By Abiola OlaOluwa

Poet & Author

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