Why Do Legends Die Early?

Why do legends die early?
 Why does the man who has found favour                     in the eyes of men,
              Not last long with them.
              For the  limp has fallen
           from the family tree again
            Though I hear a voice say
                "Grieve not for him".

When we heard, we wept where we were.
Our hearts, we could not express in ways                   of words or actions.
 We question the blind black man again
     Why? Why do you go on taking the                                     innocent?
Why does the kind hearted get beheaded?
    Why does the humble get humbled?
For our hearts are filled with questions—
Questions in desperate needs of answers.

               Oh death! Why why?
  Why do you derive joy in taking lives?
 Lives of the young who is yet to see life.
   Now we do not see him with our eyes.
                 But with our hearts,
          we still see the alluring soul.
'Is' we do not use again to describe him
For he was. He was a humble caring
                   gifted masculine.
We stand in dismay and pity for his family.
We send our condolences and we keep on                            waiting.
              Waiting for the right time  
          to see our  alluring soul again.
                           Till then,
     we pray for security and endurance.
                        Oh Big Man!