To You Madiba

Today is exactly 20 years since Nelson Mandela was released from prison. This is a piece I wrote in 2005 for one of my heroes

The seal, Patmos
The deal, Robben
Rolls of scrolls unfurl
Things that must shortly come to pass
One to reveal
One to release
One to die
One to lead
And when revealed die
And when released lead.

Through the Red Sea
Through the wilderness
To Canaan
To Soweto
…to freedom.

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