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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Indeed rest in peace Mr. President.
ReplyDeleteYou were amongst the pioneers that spearheaded the MMD, which dislodged the despotic UNIP Goverment in 1991.
You empowered us to own our own houses in 1997.
Whatever wrong you did to fellow human beings can only be judged and punished by the Almighty.
May your family stay united even after your departure. Let your estate be shared according to the law amongst your children and wife.
May your soul rest in eternal peace.
Amen !
Henry M. Nasilele