Quicker Than Sand - A Poem by Mubita C. Nawa

Quicker than Sand
by Mubita C. Nawa

Quicker than sand you slid past my hand.

A nation mourns with its knees bent.

You represented freshness yet little of it did you get.

A nation mourns and its mind divided.

Your legacy was written in yesteryears glories, your last days were reclusive and full of pain.

A nation mourns and its hearts broken.

You liberalized posterity that others
nationalized.

Your footsteps inspired some yet others erased them.

A nation mourns while souls bleed.

You left many questions unanswered
while certain answers were questioned.

We will rewrite your story as long as
history permits.

We will erect monuments with steel and stone as long as our hearts remain flesh and blood.

A nation mourns while it's leaders wonder why a nation so young it's leaders fade.

Would we be wrong to ask God why?

Quicker than sand you slid past our hand Fred.

Leaving our eyes in tears red.

Would we yet another chance embrace or cry?

Your eloquence so many it inspired.

Your elegance many an eye it filled with bliss.

You were elaborate even in defeat, defiant even at the feet of death.

A nation mourns while its scholars think.

Who will rewrite a new history in the
pages of forgiveness?

Who will speak while vouchers lurk and critics prey?

A nation mourns while FTJ speaks.

Quicker than sand he writes a new
chapter in our lives.

Yet again he has the last word.

But this time he speaks to our conscious.

Rest in Peace FTJ, your excellence.

POEM written by Mubita C. Nawa in
dedication to the late second republican president Mr. Fredrick Titus Chiluba who passed away on June 18th, 2011.

Poem may be published or re posted as long as no alterations or edits are made.

Full credit must be given to the author Mubita C. Nawa at all times. CONTACT; tel 0978117920 www.mubitacnawa.com

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Conmen are becoming more and more tricky and sophisticated !

Yesterday at about 10 hrs. I received a telephone call which looked coming from an international source. The number was in the format : +256 312 xxx xxx.

The "x"s representing some other numbers.

I replied to it and I was connected to an automated answering machine.

The recorded female voice on the other side welcomed me to some survey which I did not clearly understand. However, I was given three options.

Press 1 to continue
Press 2 to call later
Press 3 to quit the survey

Out of curiosity I pressed 1 to continue.

I was welcomed to the "Survey" and was asked to give my details.

At this time, my six sense warned me that I was about to fall into a trap of confidence tricksters. I ended the call without giving any information about myself.

At 10:38 hrs. I again got a call from the same international number. This time I pressed the "Reject" button on my mobile.

I thought I had got rid of the conmen!

At 11:10 hrs. The same international number called again. This time I followed the instruction and chose the "Press 3" option to quit the survey!

Dear friends be warned that Conmen are becoming more and more sophisticated.

Do not allow yourself to participate in any lotteries or unsolicited surveys.

Once you give your details, you are on the route to the hell of torment !

I hope this will be of help to someone.

Stay blessed !