Today the world bids goodbye
to you, wanting to see your
face for the last time,
wishing to hear your
challenges in our time.
You, a prisoner for freedom
within 27 years with a smile,
You, a husband, separated
from the side of your wife,
You, a father, denied to attend
the funeral of your dear child.
What made you nurture
the seeds of freedom and justice
without remorse, revenge and hate?
What made you survive
drinking only the elixirs
for reconciliation and peace?
Now the world pays tribute
to the trace of your greatness;
Now the world buries your body
to the ground and remembering
what you have left behind.
A trace of God’s heart of love
is printed on your eternal face.
Thanks for your servant life;
Sleep well and enter into
the bliss of peace in God’s paradise.
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December 15,2013
THanks for your appreciation, Dionel. A poem should start from the heart and what the heart feels. Then comes the words and the choice of words, they too, should be something a poet must feel for. Otherwise, it is a constant exercise of trying and trying again and again until the heart feels satisfied with the poetic expression
i loved your words can you please give some leasons on how to make such good poems
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
A great tribute to a great leader...Nelson Mandela... very nicely written...
Thanks for your response to this tribute to Nelse Mandela!