An imprisoned life

by Siphosetu Candy   Dec 16, 2013


Like a fallen angel, did you see his wings coming down from the sky?
He was a real man,a man who never let his people down
And now he is gone,he let his wings fall down to cover and keep us safe
He was no God but God had sent him to us
Thought us life, brought us life
Today we live in peace, though a piece of anger is left in us
Nelson Mandela the man of struggle
Nelson Mandela our South African hero
You spent your lifetime making things better for us
Oh yes you did!

Far from land,in the midst of sea
In Robben Island they kept you chained
The impossibility of an escape explained your longing to be around your people
Helpless as watched life pass you by
You fought for our rights black and white
You made us but one

Ulufezile ugqatso lwakho
Rest in peace Madiba!!!

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  • 11 years ago

    by Bonaventure Onuabuchi

    Nice one there! Love the way each words describe that you are sad for the passing away of a hero! But I do think that you try another title for the poem. You know; when you say "an Imprisoned life" it's like you're talking of the Man's life in chain i.e when he's not yet a freeman. But what I read from the poem shows that your major theme is about his death and not his life time; though you made a point about his life time in few lines... But I can feel the theme of grieving loss from the piece, so I'll like if you think of a title that arouses not just sympathy, but also the feeling of losing a great hero. And again, the category you put the work don't merit it, you should edit to the category of "sad poems" and sub-category should be "grieving loss"........ Nice writing I say again; keep the pen bleeding.

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