Poetry: Dear Major - In honour of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama

1.
Dear Major Maxwell Adam Mahama, With lots of respect, we bid you farewell.

You could have killed those who murdered you

But you decided against that obvious option.

As a gentleman, you’ve won the hearts of many.

2.
Forgive those who committed the barbaric act, Major.

In the official report, they mistook you for an armed robber

But others claimed that it was premeditated murder

Others also believe that there was chicanery and subterfuge

Whatever the story, they had no right to take your life.

3.
It is 6am and all is quiet on my street, in a close.

The sun is peeping shyly through the clouded sky,

Covered with a haze that has reduced its intensity.

A haze is covering my nation, Ghana, now.

We’ve reduced our shine for lynching an Army Officer.

4.

May your death not be in va