How Time Flies Poem by Tosin Abegunde

How Time Flies

94 years ago,
We gather to celebrate
After running helter skelter
To ensure the safe delivery of a Messiah
Who was christened in low key
Unaware that his legacy bangs

How time flies
When oppression negated his Philosophy, in gaol he landed
27 years he spent
Building a dream come true

How time flies
Messiahic feat achieved
Consequential record appear
Health is wealth
Death is wreath

How time flies
Showing restoration to t' afflicted
Selfless for selfishness
Hoped for the hopeless

How time flies
Battling 'prisonmalaria'
Best hands employed
The coldest hand steals
Congratulations for ur freedom
from true imperialist of salubrity
My tear flood the universe for the exit of a colossus.
Nelson Mandela. My drive!

How time flies!