Mandela 1918-2013 Poem by SEGUN RASAKI

Mandela! , Mandela! ! , Mandela! ! !
What can I say about you, for you were everything most people wished they could be.
Madiba, you chose the hard option when faced with multiple choices including the most favorable option of silence.
Mandela, you lived and died for ideal that all men were born equal, with same anatomy and endowment from same creator.
Nelson, you stood on side of the oppressed and suffered indignity, torture, isolation, and incarceration, forsaking opulence of your royal pedigree.

Madiba, you refused to denounce what you stood for in face of death, the courage that is rare in this world, you suffered three decades of incarceration.
Madiba, you stood taller than your oppressors when you chose Love over Hate when the stupidity of skin color over character was proven beyond any doubt
Madiba, you gave people Hope, courage, strength, dignity, sense of purpose over pettiness of personal aggrandizement and comfort.
Madiba, the world gave recognition to you as you defined Justice, strength and purpose for what the world should strive to achieve.
Madiba, a man of all ages, for all generations.
Madiba, as you made a transition, just live on in the memories of the people that love Justice and peace.
Madiba, what is number 46664, Madiba what is 1918, Madiba what is 2013? ..
Madiba you came, you saw and you conquered apartheid, you made racism stupid.
Madiba live on, Rest in bosom of your creator, Vox Populi Vox Dei, the World salutes you now and always.