"Martyrs for Love " Special Dedication to Whitney Houston

Finally she died for love or is it for lackbof love? One of the sweetest women to ever walk the streets of entertainment whose songs were all about love, non of her songs depicted violence, crime or nudity. The lyrics of her songs electrified love but more for the cries of a lover in need of love.

Her ending years are some sad episodes of what love gone bad can do to sweet innocent people. A soured love can criminalize the lover especially who is on the receiving part.

'Finest voice' as the BBC describes her, Whitney's background was steeped in soul and gospel music. Her mother was gospel singer Cissy Houston, she was cousin to singer Dionne Warwick and goddaughter to Aretha Franklin.


Before the advent of CDs, DVDs, I tunes ,cable TVs and internent in this part of the world, Whitney Houston's voice filled out televison sets, FM radio and cassettes. From fantastic choir perfomances the queen took it to the stage and studio to become one of the greatest female singer of all times. Her adaption of Dolly Parton's 1973 song " I will always love you" went double platinum and became the greatest selling song of all times. She won six Grammys, thirty billboard awards and twenty two American music awards and sold 170 million records.

From the skies came Bobby Brown, one of the members of the Boy's group New Edition. Whitney loved Bobby in a way we as kids could not understand. Whitney was more polished, taller, sweeter, older and even richer than Bobby so we always asked what she saw in Bobby. We were kids and so could be forgiven for we knew nothing about love. Whitney saved all her love for Bobby and gave him that sweetness to be his wife. She must have promised to love him always and was ready to go all the way, which she proved. Love must have blinded her because even in far away Nigeria we saw Bobby as a bad boy and kept asking why will Whitney marry him?

She loved him and did everything to make it work. When Bobby started his domestic violence many people expected Whitney to evacuate and leave but she stuck until when it was obvious that her life could be in danger. After much trial and tolerance she left but not before getting involved in drugs to hide her pains, frustration and disappointed from the love she once thought will take her to heaven.

When in the late 2000s when pitcures of a worn out Whiteny circulated after her divorce in 2007 , it was heart breaking and sorrowful to see what drugs, heartbreak and frustration did to this one beautful sweet lady. She fought seriously and got rehabilitated and came back to music. All her songs during her trials in marriage depicts someone who was hurt and even after her divorce and rehab, the songs always speak of wanting to come back (to her man) like she never left. In her songs you could hear the cries of a lonely woman, sad woman, a woman who still loved her man.

Unlike other music stars, Whitney was not known or connected with any man since Bobby Brown. the saddest thing is while whitney suffered for love or lack of love by the callous action of a man she loved and married , Bobby remain unrepentant, unapologetic and never made any attempt to reach the soul of this diva.

For love she left others and followed a man who didn't not appreciate her, for lack of love she lived her remaining years even craving for it. It may not be just a coincidence that she died just three days to this year's valentine ; in the season of a love, her heart and life has been deprieved for long and as one of her songs asked, "where do broken hearts go"

Whitney, if yesterday was your judgement day and the lord asked you what did you do with your life, please tell the dear lord that you spent it with us.

Adieu our power of love.

Wakdok, Samuel Stephen...12102012

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