Over the years I have come to notice that good people most times leave this planet on time maybe before their time or at the appointed time. Having been around for quiet some time and having witnessed most of these things happen before my very eyes am forced to say or rather ask if it is the reward they got for living a good life,though I may not really know what they did during their youthful age but does that warrant them to go through those pains they went through before leaving plant earth. I started seeing all these things when I was still much younger. My grandfather is my wetness,this man grew up into a love charming handsome man,being the first of only the two sons their father gave birth to ,the role of taking care of his younger brother fell directly on his shoulders and he carried him with all his soul, spirit and body. Now after they lost their both parents it dawned on my late grandpa to take care of his younger brother,my grandfather from that moment started to perform both fatherly and motherly duties towards his younger brother,at a point when my grandfather deemed it wise,he sent his late brother to go and learn a trade inorder to establish him,now grandfather was doing all these things without considering himself,he was so eager to see his younger brother succed while he neglected himself now at the end of the day his younger succeded but being a greedy folk who wanted more money went and soiled his hands,he entered all sorts of evil societies inorder to belong to the elite class and in one of such his ordels he forgot about his one and only brother,how he suffered to make sure he got to where he was,rather when it was time the evil courts and societies he belonged to requested for a blood form him,he turned to his older caring brother knowing fully well that papa would never say no to his request,he asked him to help him go draw water from the famous river niger in onitsha,it was after that incident that my grandfather's life story changed, immediately he got back from that journey papa instantly went blind,courtesy of the event that took place at that river Niger. From being blind papa become paralyzed,he could not work again and from their he died,now after his death the brother wanted him buried like a man if no land but my grandmother and refused the advice,his brother moved the motion simply because my father had no female child but at the end he was given a proper funeral and they only thing his brother whom he suffered for gave during his burial was only a crate of mineral which was given back to him the following morning. Papa suffered so much despite being a good man.
Next on the line was my neighbor who died a horrible and bitter death.Mama chima was a dedicated child of God,he belonged to so many christian associations and was a staunch member of the catholic biblical union of Nigeria,she took the work of evangelism like it was her breath of life. Mama chima would always wake us up in the morning with her morning prayers,she would go ahead to preach to the people living in the neighborhood and she continued like this until she was struck by cancer,where and how it came from still remains a mystery,but several nights she was heard crying and gnashing of her teeth,she threatened to jump down from the one story building she was living in all due to the pains she was experiencing,many nights she would wake up as much as 5times just to go take her bath as the fluid coming out from her breast was way more than she could bear, coupled with the pains she was experiencing,their was no night the person taking care of her did not change her bedsheet and blankets less than three times. She was even told not to eat anything that touched fire,her diet was vegetables and fruits,mind you this woman suffered to raise her children single handedly and when it was her time to sit back and relax,cancer then came in and spoilt the whole thing. Mama chima died without reaping the fruit of her reward and more painfully dieing a horrible death. Again was the death of my grandfather from my maternal side who died trying to wristle himself from the hands of death. He was a good man who everybody attested he was but over time his life was cut short.he could have died at his place of work but I guess he was lucky enough.
So I ask again why did it happen the way it did and why do the honest die a sad way?.
As unfortunate as this, it is very true. And saddening