One Day In Jail Poem by Gert Strydom

One day in jail
and the next
on the throne,
and unlike Joseph,
as the ruling Faro.

From prison
straight to parliament and cabinet
and to live
in the President’s mansion.

From one man’s terrorist
and the leader of bomb planting killers,
to another man’s freedom fighter
and the leader of a nation.

From a prisoner
to someone with integrity
and dignity and a passion
for his people.

All of this may sound
like a really mad plot,
but the truth is at times
much stranger than fiction.