You Demice 'joe' Poem by Preston Mwiinga

Joe Chibangu

I have not taken time to talk about musicians but about you i will.
The great talent is gone
The Golden voice is now history played on radios and watched on TV.
When you began your career i was a kid, I did not know you in person, I have never seen you in person but your great works i know of.
a pioneer of modern Zambian Music, you made a way for many Zambian artists
Not deeds but works, your works we are talking about.
A hero fallen, Your eyes are closed, you are mortionless,
You cant talk
you are silent.
your wife now a widow,
Your children half orphans
Zambia mourns you,
The country is wounded by your demise.
Your memories we will always cherish though with tears in our eyes
, with a sharp pain in our hearts because your death is still a shock to us. your life we still cebrate.
Goodbye Joe.