ALEXANDER McQUEEN | May You Rest.In.Peace [a tribute poetry-song by justice kwesi kwarteng]

MY HEART IS BROKEN BY YOUR SUDDEN DEPARTURE, LEE MCQUEEN/
MAY YOU REST WELL, NOW/
MAY YOU SLEEP WELL/
YOUR NAME WILL
FOREVER
BE
KNOWN,
LEE/

SLEEP WELL NOW, LEE MCQUEEN/
SLEEP WELL/
I AM DEEPLY SADDENED BY YOUR DEPARTURE/
MAY GOD AND THE SPIRITS PROTECT YOU
IN THE NEXT WORLD AS YOU
CONTINUE
TO BE
WITH
US
HERE IN SPIRIT/

MY LOVE & OUR LOVE
TO YOU ALWAYS, LEE/

MAY the good LORD LOOK
OVER THEE/

MAY the good Lord GOD
PROTECT
OVER
THEE
&
THINE
SPIRIT/

FAREWELL, LEE/
SLEEP WELL, LEE/
MAY GOD PROTECT/
LOVE/
LOVE/
L
O
V
E,
LEE/

LOVE, ALWAYS, LEE/
LOVE, LEE/
DEEP LOVE, LEE/
DEEP, DEEP, DEEP, LOVE/
SLEEP IN PERFECT PEACE & HARMONY, LEE/

PLEASE, SLEEP WELL/
SLEEP WELL, NOW/
O, YES, SLEEP
WELL, LEE MCQUEEN/

YOU WILL BE MISSED/

LEE, YOU LED YOUR LIFE AS DIRECTLY AND BRAVELY AS BRAVERY COULD EVER BE/
THOU ART LOVED, LEE/
THOU ART DEEPLY LOVED, LEE/
you are loved, LEE McQUEEN/
sleep well, lee/
PEACE, lee/
peace/
peace
peace
peace
peace
peace, LEE/


YOUR WORK & NAME WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE ON/
WE WILL SEE TO IT/
WE WILL SEE TO IT/
WE WILL--AND
THAT IS BUT A
PROMISE/

my HEART is So So BROKEN/
in shock/
lee/
rest well, lee/
rest well, now, alexander/
sleep as peacefully as peacefulness could ever be/
love, lee/
love, lee/
deep love, lee/

SLEEP WELL, NOW, LEE MCQUEEEN/
SLEEP WELL, YOU BRAVE ONE/

[--justice kwesi kwarteng, fashion director/editor, creative director, FEB. 20TH 2010, Saturday]