The Great Father Poem by raymond letsitsa

Of all the triumphant
Who fought by faith
Of all the struggle heroes
Who perished by the bullet
There is one like the blaze
Of the sun and the sparkle
Of a million milky-ways
Of stars and moons
And bullet-proof determination
The great elephant who howled
Like a wolf in pain for his people
For him there is no equal
Who knew freedom came anytime
Sooner than was expected
Who led a parliament so lethal
It created the Hector Petersons
And Chris Hanis and Steve Bikos
Who cleansed like a herbalist the
House of Africa, so evil
You are celebrated
You are appreciated and acknowledged
You humbled apartheid
And made Africa soar like an eagle
You made Africans soar like eagles