Title: Early Departure.

Adieu, Gani Olupitan  

We met as young men, in college halls,  

Through another’s hand, fate made the calls.  

From Nigeria’s soil to Russia’s snow,  

Side by side, through years we’d grow.  

Five and a half years, each day we shared,  

Meals and laughter, burdens bared.  

I drank, you abstained; I smoked, you refrained,  

Yet never once was our bond constrained.  

Confidants true, in joy and in pain,  

Across the seas, our hearts remained.  

Though distance widened, the love held fast,  

Till cruel death struck, and silence cast.  

Brother of mine, though not by birth,  

Your goodness enriched my days on earth.  

Now heaven claims you, beyond the night,  

At Christ’s own feet, in eternal light.  

Sleep well, dear friend, till we meet again,  

Where sorrow ends, and peace shall reign.  

Forever in my heart you stay,  

Adieu, my brother, on this day.  

By Lanre your friend.