To Obama Poem by Sayeed Abubakar

Your rise to power was the victory of humanity;
You, the real son of America, saved
Your country from disgrace.

Sometimes I ask to myself, 'Is he greater
Than Nelson Mandela? '
You may be greater than he or he than you,
Not the matter; the fact is:
Both of you have built the bridge of love
Between the black and the white;
Both of you have sung
The song of equality.

I see Abraham Lincoln in you;
In you, I see Martin Luther King.
Now the flag of America glittered like the Sun
Because it was at your hand.

I neither wonder looking at the Pacific Ocean
Nor I wonder looking at the Himalayas;
Only I wonder when I look at you
Because I see in you the infinite waves
Of beauty of a man,
Because I see in you the iron-like firmness
Of truth of a man.

You knew well, it is truth
Which makes a man great
And it is truth
Which creates beauty in a man;
All colors get defeated to such a beauty.