Dear Madiba wake up!

I did not forget your birthday.
But the cacophonies of Xhosa melodies blocked my way
The chants of the mammoth crowd I saw on Thursday July 18
It was the most colourful scene I have ever seen
Njengo mdudo ka Mapassa
Yes, Madiba Mandela It was like the marriage feast of Mapassa.
I call it the euphoria of Pretoria
As they came with their bouquets of flowers
And also with their chaplets and hearts full of prayers
They kept vigils at the Mediclinic Heart Hospital
Many were having a carnival and others it was a revival
Including the uniformed Omasiza mbulala
The people who rescue and kill.


Read the complete poem in Xhosa and English by the Master Orikinla Osinachi on http://www.nigeriansreport.com/2013/07/madiba-wake-up-i-did-not-forget-your.html
http://hellopoetry.com/-orikinla-osinachi/