The Journey Nelson Mandela
18 July 1918
Mnvezo you gave birth
A birth to a son of Chief Henry
Mandela
In the land of the Bathembu
Tribe
You nourished your son with
great breasts
The breasts the never dried
out of milk
Fort hare and Wits university
The cleavage so huge,he did
not feel the distance
Both breast he could reach for
feeding his mind with wisdom
Rholihlahla the trouble make
As you were known back then
The trouble you started 1944
when-
When pulling the branches of
ANC
Leading them out of apartheid
era rather than to fire.
Fighting against whites
domination
Fighting against black
domination
You had a dream
A dream to see whites and
Blacks community living in
harmony
1964 to 1982 just before I
was born
Robin Island was you second
home
They predicted you will perish
there
Forgetting the meaning behind
your name
Rholihlahla! The trouble make
Just like a snare,11 feb 1990
befell them
The whole world felt the pains
as of pang pains
Indeed there were pang pains
preceding his resurrection
The Birth of first Black South
African president
The birth of new South Africa
A rainbow nations
The birth of international
Mandela day
Today people world wide
portray what you've fought for
Humanity, Harmony, Freedom
and peace
Mimicking your humanity, they
give willingly to the needy
27 years you reduced it to 67
minutes to benefit the less
fortunate
Under you wings we felt
secure
We never thought the one day
One day you cease living
6 Dec 2013 when the sun set
It set with the sad news
Tata is no more
15 December 2013
The chapter of great man closed
Qunu accepted his remians with joy
Son of the soil has returned to it with pride
Your Journey does not end
here
You left the world talking
Seeking ways to revive your
believes
They are concerned about
reviving you ideas
If they follow closely your
footsteps
They will find the way
R.I.P Tata
Copyright © Bongani Zungu | Year Posted 2013
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