The Poem: Madiba
His day is done. Is done. The news came on the wings of a wind,
reluctant to carry its burden.Nelson Mandela’s day is done.
( Dr Maya Angelou)
We see you, South African people standing speechless at the slamming of that final door
through which no traveller returns. Our spirits reach out to you Bantu, Zulu, Xhosa, Boer.
( Dr Maya Angelou)
The lens of legacy, blurred by the cacophony. The pain of reality births tears that cloud.
The soul knows the right path, the heart struggles to find hope.
( Kojo Baffoe)
Precious time, used wisely will grow a nation, build a city, gather the lost, connect a community, heal old wounds and save your soul.
The sun sets on another victory being won yet the day has only begun. May our forests grow with deep, good and strong roots.
( Andrew Q )
Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, His true legacy is revealed
Upon the winds of the smiles of the children who hold tomorrow in their eyes.
( Deborah Cockrell )
The changes the challenges
The strength of the character carries the balances
( Frederick Viedge )
Your example inspires a world far and wide
may I mirror it and go beyond narrow mind to extend compassion to all
( Leigh)
You took the long walk to freedom, leaving footprints
that never melted thereafter; but melted hearts.
( Abdul Wajid)
Caught, captured and forced into years of patience.
He carried weight of the country on weary shoulders.
( Mandla Phakathi)
Your race was not in vain; I still run the marathon.
Your baton lives in me; I will pass it on.
( Sandra Phoma)
Thou shalt live on in sobriety
As thy word did suppress captivity
( Dawn Edwards)
When of love there was dearth, based on skin one had it all and the other was nothing on this earth
Madiba came; brought back lost hope and showed once more color cannot determine humanity’s worth
( Ayman Parray)
You have fought the good fight, Madiba
South Africa is standing today, because you sacrificed yourself
( Cynthia Gcuwa)
You lead by treading as a leader of yourself, this inspired others
You understood the difficult choices are often the more powerful ones
( Saurell Boyers)
He created a school that teaches life
and education that made us who we are
( Tshepiso Majako)
Our father tata madiba, we love you all
Oh tata madiba, rest in peace
( Simbongile Dlala )
You would say \"Education is the key to success\".
We adore your words, Oh Madiba.
( Mbali Ngobese)
You are the hero and we love you all
Happy Birthday Nelson Rolithlathla Mandela
( Katleho Letawana Momo)
May we never forget, what sacrifice what pain
Alone in some dark dim lit prison
( Tumi Kanya)
As you stare in the face of night
with the hope that sun will rise again
( Tumi Kanya)
You are the leader of the people, you are foe to none
You are O Madiba, the proud African son
( Thabiso)
O Madiba O Madiba, the proud son of Africa
May you rest in peace, may your place be ever bright.
( Andrea Smith)
You fought for me O soldier, long before I was born
We will always remember, long past you are gone.
( Bugoi Thobejane)
Then we lost our memory, like the clouds that carry the rain
You patched what was in tatters, with love stitched the fragments of pain
( Ubaid Darwaish)
I didn\'t write two lines, i didn\'t know what to say
Forgive me Madiba, it has been a very busy day.
( Precious)
Inside those dark cells, you sang the songs of freedom
sing us that song again, and guide us to the Eden.
( Laetitia Helenki)
Weathering persecution, he stood tall, against mighty storms of segregation and apartheid
Child of the earth, a prince amongst men, in him, humanity shall eternally abide
( Sarita Lakshmi Bukkapatnam Tirumala)
O\' Madiba for you I today cry
Few gave to humanity as much as you
( HaciM Padoin)
His spirit is the legacy that fortitude can change a govenment
Resolve and resilience empowers a man to be free in a cell.
( Gerald Weeks)
Years ago, you blew away the dark clouds of storm over South Africans
Now they are smiling behind your shadow; celebrating freedom, and equality
( Pantas Pangihutan S)
He came, he saw, he acted
He lived his life in his truth
( Noelene Rattray)
There was no way to know his sentence would not be long and cut short
That his actions would one day be celebrated in song that again he would have a day in court.
( Max Stelmacker )
Around the world people celebrated apartheids demise
Nelson Mandelas name is used to guide the way ahead
( Max Stelmacker)
Through all disaster there still is laughter
Leave a good memory burnt into the minds of others after you long gone.
( Ruth Ely)
July 18, birthday of the Father of our Nation Tata Madiba has come and gone but like a sweet fragrance it lingers on.
Like a beacon of light his forgiving spirit guides and gives hope that through our love in action we unite and become one.
( Lorraine Cockrell)
Speaking words of peace
Ending in sad violence
( Rose)
When she realised that the arms of peace are disappearing from her home, waving away from her children,
Africa gave birth to a son, when ever we sing we are.
( Bonisiwe)
Dont race with the race, dont face with the race,
He guided us to the humanity, giving us the base.
( Aqib Iqbal Dar)
From a world where dark and sinister spelt evil and good was named tall, right and fair.
You led us to a universe beyond color and race, a triumph over oppression and despair.
( Sarita Lakshmi Bukkapatnam Tirumala)
Iron bars did not his prison make,
Freedom lived in his peaceful heart.
( Marie Shine)
There\'s a child, smiling and laughing with hope
A Madiba in confinement, is waiting for home
( Aritra Chakrabarty )
Those people are gone. are gone.As birds are chirping,
they say, people like MANDELA are gone.
( Imran)
You were the torchbearer, beaming a vision of peace
the vision that still scintillates in the eyes of our nation.
( Bandile )
You slept on the bed of thorns, fighting our nightmtares.
Your dreams came true, as we live them now.
( Kungawo)
O Madiba, rest in peace
the peace you taught us to live for.
( Siyabonga)
Madiba Madiba, here is the day.
The sun shines proudly over the dark clouds long gone.
( Khayone)
You kept scribbling on the walls of your prison
believing one day the walls will speak.
( Lethabo)
Each verse adding another numeral to an infinite longing
that melted the all the stones in the wall.
( Lethabo)
You pictured freedom into your verses like one beautiful wall painting,
staring at you all the time, giving you company.
( Lethabo )
You were not alone in that prison cell;
the dreams of freedom would bead into your praying rosary.
( Lethabo)
You wrote a dream on the walls
believing one day the walls will speak.
( Lethabo)
If those walls could speak,
Imagine what would thay say?
( Tanya )
Years in the prison for opposing apartheid,insulated by the insolence of lies,
freedom doesnt take offence,unmoves its feeble defies and struggle never dies
( Hashim Bashir)
Was it the courage or vision that eliminated the curtains of apartheid
or dissolving of colours that rebuild africa
( Hashim Bashir)
Madiba, you instill hope into the minds of poor and oppressed; to resist and to fight
for the right, the cause of freedom against all odds of oppression.
( Majid Marazi)
Be the peace you seek, be the love you want.
That is what you taught us, O Madiba.
( Kagiso)
Your belief was stronger than the storm outside.
The winds surrendered, as you sailed through the ugly tempest.
( Funani)
You stood tall against all oppressors
And embraced misery for the love of all.
( Joseph)
Only through freedom can peace prevail
Liberation is the only solution
( Phila)
It was once so hard to see, the world beyond slavery
Those lies seemed so real, so close to reality.
( Bafana)
True to his people, true to his land
He will always be remembered, for him we will always stand
( Sanele)
God blessed our land, He is always kind
When the night is darkest, the light you will find
( Mpumelelo)
At last you won, at last
And forgave all that happened in the past
( Sifiso)
The world with its blanket of darkness was unmoved, unfazed
You were the beacon of light, brave and untamed
( Andrew)
We held to darkness, real tight but had to eventually let go
The truth came to light like the sun from behind those clouds
( Karlos)
What was it that ket you going; after all those losses after all that pain
World will never see another Madiba, never again- never again.
( Mozam)
On the sill of some church, the extinguished candles stand in a row.
When the night believes it has won over light, the new sun is born.
( Mozam)