Torch Of Legacy (Dedicated To Mandela) Poem by Vladimir Marku

Lungs of freedom have rested
God, have rested in your peace
And his last breath, his last breath
Kindled the torch of human courage.

Kindled the torch of human courage
And his soaring soul draped skies
In its full spectrum, as it must
This legitimate righteous rainbow
Of earthly races, black to white.

Of earthly races, black to white
No chain can strangle
Love for freedom, never, not
This Divine right for every soul
To exist, he served, he taught.

To exist, he served, he taught
Tides and tides of endurance
Wash over shores of peoples' lives
Forever, unless seas get dry
Seas of human blood.