What manner of global Icon so Venerated?

A sage of global repute,

A demi-god politically deified,

A Martyr once resurrected

and a hero eternally celebrated.

Deeply rooted in the annals

of Africa's peculiar history

are your seemingly

 unachieveable and

unparalleled accomplishments.

Did the-same Continent which

bore sit-tight Tyrants

bear thee?

or were you anointed by

Divine hands to emancipate

and lead?

Oh Madiba! father of a

once polarized Nation,

and an epitome of

self-less and sacrificial

service,

the Progenitor of a legacy

forever immortalized.

May you in the Heavenly

realms be numbered with

the dignitaries of the

Heavenly host.