Like an invading force from the north, the heat fueled wind wages war on lands already ravaged and weakened by a crippling drought. The brutal onslaught carves through the ground and the red Karoo dust haemorrhages out into the air, whipped into a crazed frenzy by a whirling wind dervish.

A bent, creaking windmill stands steadfast. A lone warrior with armour clanking and creaking as it absorbs the punishing, pummeling gusts, blades flashing and slicing with a speed that belies its age.

The cruel tempest relentlessly drives the blood red soil into funneled dust columns that swirl and twirl, until dizzy and dissipated by the force, the sand particles drift like displaced refugees over the landscape in a murky haze.

Howling a victory scream, the wind gusts away, still beating a swathe through dessicated trees and stunted grassland.

In its wake, the veld lies shredded. A few forlorn sheep pick their way through the debris like mourners searching for solace.

The windmill blades turn ever more slowly and then like a battle weary veteran, stand still……composed…..poised for battle once more.

I’m sorry I ever broke your precious heart,
And your innocent soul I tore apart;
But girl I never knew;
The one that God made for me was you;

How I took for granted your love everyday;
And now i miss that love struck look upon your face;
I never knew one day you’d ever walk away;
Or that I’d realise how much I loved you since that first day;

I miss you so much it’s more than the truth;
Or that the only love I’d never ever forget would be you;
No words could express how I feel inside;
I love you even more than before, although so much time has passed, I miss you being by my side;

Regrets like memories haunt me everyday within my mind;
I wish you knew girl how much I need you here tonight;
Maybe back then I should have made it clear;
Guess you never knew how much I really needed your love here;

I treated you so bad;
I blame it on all the past love I’ve had;
I know it was unfair towards you;
But I was just another blind fool;

But now that I realise a love like yours is so hard to find;
I wish I could love you just one more time;
Girl im so sorry for all those foolish lies;
That you pretended to believe but knew the truth all the time;

Now you’re so far away;
And you’ve found another man and reality has become a nightmare im forced to face;
God and I have this argument almost everyday;

Why was I so blind when He chose to send you my way;
I wish I did right by you;
Cause every girl since have been simple substitutes;
Trying to replace a love that they never could;

In other words girl I still miss you;
Things I never did or said when we were together, things that exposed the truth;
And the truth was that I’ve always loved you;
I wish you knew

The Lord will call my name one day;

When this time comes this is what I’d like someone to say;

Christopher came from nothing and made a way;

Not just another man but a friend who lived to be who God made;

Not for another man’s attention but he was himself to give God all praise;

 

Who not just lived for himself but gave his life to make a change;

Who left not just a memory in his life time;

But left a legacy behind;

 

A man who could have given up but refused;

When life got too hard and his heart was torn and abused;

Instead of showing hate;

He showed love to those who hurt him every day;

 

A man who refused to give up come what may;

Who lived to change not just himself but those he met along the way;

A boy who made so many mistakes;

But chose to use those mistakes to educate;

 

Many hated him for his brutal honesty;

Many a girl fell for his charm and words so sweet;

A man so young who accomplished what most wish;

Yet those who really knew him, knew he was so full of *ish;

 

For the wisdom he gave when people asked;

For the youth he helped escape their past;

For the times he made us laugh;

And for the tears we cry today because he has passed;

 

For a brother, lover and friend;

His legacy will never end;

For his strange ways;

For his love of 2pac and Thierry Henry and all those strange things he used to say;

Let’s take a moment to remember not just a person, but an angel God let escape;

Rest in Peace Christopher Mark Lincoln aka Kribo, thanks for the life you lived so the world could change;

 

We can’t wait to join you in Heaven some day.

 

We promised each other forever, so why am I left standing here without you?;

Girl you buried us too soon;

I’m stuck in this grave alive and alone missing you;

So tell me where did our forever’s go?;

 

If they are gone then why do I still miss you so?;

Did you make a mistake when you said we should go our separate ways?;

I never wanted to leave, I wanted a family with you someday;

At night I lay and think about your precious eyes;

 

And how they always took my heart by surprise;

I always thought that they were diamonds in disguise;

So can’t we get forever back just for a little while;

So I could appreciate you as if it were our last time;

 

I wasn’t prepared, so I took you for granted when you were mine;

If I could I’d do it different this time;

My eyes have opened and finally I’ve come to realise;

That my life without you is like a clock without the hands of time;

 

So girl can’t we get our forever’s back just one more time?

Some songs I hear;

Take me back to our years;

Even though my soul is left behind and when I return to reality I find you’re no longer here;

Do you remember the first time sweet love we made?;

 

Or when I picked you up from school every day;

And that love struck look upon your face;

Do you remember our first kiss in the park?;

How nervous we both were sitting in my car?;

 

Or that day in church when our eyes met and I wondered who you are;

And how fate lead me past your house and we met eye to eye again from afar?;

I still believe you are the one that God made just for me;

And I wish you were the only one I loved instead of the girl before you and me;

 

She damaged me, so loving you became an impossibility;

I wish I told you the truth instead of pretending;

And when you loved me all I gave you was hurt within;

I know if I did;

 

You’d still be here with me;

See I remember all those things you thought I forgot;

I remember all the pain I put you through;

I remember it every day ever since I lost you;

 

I wish so much I could forget but I just never seem to;

Truth is 20.09.90 I still miss you

 

Who knew I used to choose my friends above you;

Yet today here I sit alone in my room;

Thinking how I was such a fool;

Wasting all that time when I could have been loving you;

 

If you saw me today you’d probably laugh;

A regretful man wishing to be free from regrets of my past;

I ask God why could I not have met you today;

He knows we would have made it last;

 

In my eyes we ended too fast;

Our love story’s credits rolled far too soon;

I wasn’t ready for the story to end and for me to lose you;

I wish you knew;

 

I’m tempted daily to send these words to you;

But I know you’ve already found someone new;

So what’s the use?;

I guess I’ll keep it in and cherish good memories spent with you;

 

God only knows I’d do anything to have another chance to love you