HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BROTHER PETER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BROTHER PETER

 

Human beings originate from one stock that is divine  

Yet with different temperaments and dispositions

My brother, Peter IgbiniJesu, for almost sixty years

You have worked quietly to achieve great heights 

In structural engineering, you are simply the best

Your love for privacy never affects your relationships

 

You invited me to break into your quiet and silence

This you endured for so long even when I was loud

You trapped me into the web of your love and care

I found it difficult to say goodbye even when I could

You inconvenienced yourself just to make me happy

Your patience gave me a home when I needed a roof. 

 

A true African father is not forgotten at any given time

You have handed on to your children the beatitudes 

That go with a banner of enduring character and fame

You never fought for royalty, fame, wealth and prestige 

All these, you have gotten in the silence of your life. 

Fly with your children and Dolly your gentle Baby Dove  

 

I pray to God of all creation this noble and humble request 

Assist Peter Igbinijesu to build a world that merits heaven

A home where no one is oppressed with poverty and blame

Brother, may your world aglow with the love and joy of heaven

May you attain and achieve what your heart as always longed for 

May God bless you and your family with peace and all that is good 

 

Dear brother, Peter Igbinijesu,

May you see your children’s children,

May your bread never get exhausted,

May your oil of anointing ever remain fresh

May you and Dolly have no cause to cry,

Happy birth day! Happy many returns!

 

Fr. Cornelius A. Omonokhua, on the 60th Birthday of Engr. Sir. Peter Igbinijesu.