By Mohamud Siad Togane
I am the master of my fate
I am the captain of my soul.
William Ernest Henley
Mandela
That is the man
Who knew his name
That is why now
Everybody on planet Earth knows his name
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
The bigots
The bigoted boring poor Boers
In their ignorance
In their arrogance
Tried in vain
To unname him
To unman him
Branding him
Kaffir Boy!
Mandela retorted
Mandela snorted
I know my name
I am Mandela!
Everyone who is sentient knows my name
Mandela!
For I am the master of my fate
For I am the captain of my soul
In Fell Robben Island prison
By the cold sounding sighing sea
For 27 long lonesome years
I heard the Good Lord calling my name
Mandela!
In Fell Robben Island prison
By the cold sounding sighing sea
For 27 long lonesome years
I saw the Good Lord writing my name
Mandela!
In the Book of Life
In Fell Robben Island prison
By the cold sounding sighing sea
For 27 long lonesome years
The Good Lord taught my fingers
How to fight
How to knock out
Cold
The Nakba of South Africa
Who can teach like the Good Lord!
In Fell Robben Island prison
By the cold sounding sighing sea
For 27 long lonesome years
The Good Lord taught me
How to dress up
Our beloved beautiful South Africa
Our rainbow nation
In the Human Dress
Blake pronounced as
Peace
Who can teach like the Good Lord!
Now is the Apotheosis of
Our Mandela
Our Mandela is now born anew
As Madiba
As Tata
As The Human Talisman Tree
Under which the Human Race
Seeks succor
Seeks Shelter.
Mohamud Siad Togane
Email:togane@sympatico.ca
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