'27 Lines For Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela' Poem by Mishack Mchunu

'27 Lines For Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela'



Redemption songs sung by the black nation
Pulverize the steel bars miles away from the swimming island,
There drown their Hero to honour their action,
Brutally separated from his entity to a slavery land.

Rose a Sun in the middle of the night
And with its firing rays Dark was temporarily conquered.
Lost in the midst of oppression he bowed before the burning Light
With his knees but with his heart he stood and bled for the murdered.

There he breaths in a small house named DeF…F…Fea…teD,
Pronounced with retarded voices for he, for the nation, kept the fate.
Jail walls do not cease destiny nor confine a heroes mind
As a sanctuary they also act, they protect and never bate!

The Sea finally gave birth to a legend,
Purified as gold, above human expectations; all he breaths is unity.
No human eye could see with one colour, men depend
On each other! His acts are of great divinity.

For the deflation they felt they in return wanted upper elevation
Ready to split the white blood as a toast to freedom.
Though he endured more pain he drove against revenge as part of the revolution,
For in all of His misery He went deep and found wisdom!

If I had only three words to define South African history,
To speak my heart, for the blacks and whites, to the most pain and joy that I feel,
I would scream to our bridge of forgiveness and say “Madiba our victory! ”
For only the heavens are above his blessings, more than the words he speaks his actions are off the reel

Even eagles that fly up in the sky found no such inspiration
And the wild animals in the forests have no such Hero,
God blessed South Africa; I wish I could shake the hand that built this Rainbow Nation.

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