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The Greatest Silence

Though I now lie silent Passive as the picture Of me on your walls, This silence makes you deaf And my absence shed no tears. It was just the other day I wrestled with an alligator; And tussled with a mighty whale; With bravery I handcuffed lightning... A hero I have thrown thunder in jail, Without mercy murdered a rock, Before I brutally injured a stone. I hit a brick and sent it to hospital So mean I made medicine sick. I am the part You won't recognize But get used to me: Black, confident and cocky My name, not yours; My religion, not yours; My goals, my own Get used to me. I said I was the greatest, Not the smartest. THIS POEM HAS BEEN WRITTEN TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF THE LATE AND GREAT MOHAMMED ALI: THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOXER. SAVE FOR STANZA ONE,THE REST ARE LARGELY BASED ON HIS OWN WORDS.

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Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 6/6/2016 9:35:00 AM

He was a man larger than life. I met him once on a flight of mine he was on with his wife. All of first class was aware of his presence in a favorable way. A great loss for us, a great gain for heaven! A sweet tribute my friend! #7. ;)

Messoh Vincent
Date: 6/6/2016 12:01:00 PM

A man each one would have loved to make his own, but he was too big for one man... Too big for Christianity, they shared him with Islam; too big for the US they shared him with Philippines, big enough for the Philippines to share with Congolese jungle... Too big for America, they gave a part to Africa..... And ultimately too big for earth, she has finally shared him with heaven!!!... This man was surely the world's greatest

John Fleming

Date: 6/5/2016 2:58:00 PM

The ring is the loneliest place in all of the whole wide world. There is no hiding...No respite...No escape. It is where a man finds questions he otherwise might not think to ask. Muhammad Ali...A credit to his race - The human race! Heaven is blessed tonight - For the greatest amongst us has returned home!! God bless and protect you...Muhammad Ali. John Harold Fleming.

John Fleming
Date: 6/6/2016 11:29:00 AM

He will be with you always, Messoh. Just whisper his name...And he will be there. God bless you. :) john

Messoh Vincent
Date: 6/5/2016 3:12:00 PM

He was slowly sliding away and we feared this would come, but the passing of the world's greatest just creates a lonely silence over our saddened hearts.. Anyway, thanks brother for dropping in to read and comment.