Two minutes to the Graduation Ceremony
We will on that long awaited Saturday of October
at a ceremony graced by men of great stature
be officially declared victors in academics
We will take a well-rehearsed parade
towards the podium where we will shake hands
with professors and be crowned
with titles no one can ever take away from us
Oh fellow graduate, do you recall those times
when we were often in helter-skelter situations
scurrying on pavements
with heavy bundles of books;
heavy with unsolved problems?
We fell sometimes; yes we fell
but we dared to rise and regrouped our focus
and now we shall wear those gowns,
we shall wear those clothes tagged success
and shoes free of dust; proud of ourselves
For we eyed for this titles
we eyed for them with determination
and now we have them in our own hands
and no one can ever take them away from us
Bojosi Ditshwele ©
For the University of Botswana Graduation ceremony held on the 12th October 2013
Published on the Echo newspaper; 10-16 Oct 2013
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