Relentlessly you had to strive

Countless dangers you survived
Miracle it is to see you alive
And miracle you indeed performed
Much silent tears you shed
Many agonies you underwent
A youth spent in jail
Divine help you never looked frail

Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi
Struggle you never gave up
As Mahatma Gandhi never gave up

You prayed
You meditated
Heaven heard
Heaven answered

An invisible hand
Struck through Mandela’s hand
South Africa broke the chain!
Your wish earnest and
Granted
Men and women, Young and old
Breathed the air of freedom

Away went cruelty
Laid by cruelest of men on men
With spirit unbroken
With wounds still unhealed
With thoughts unhampered
In the name of unity
For unity
Pardon to foes you granted

It takes great courage
To forgive an enemy
So vile, So hostile, Yet in doing so
You certainly put in the celestial world
A smile

Seeing you entering Buckingham Palace
In honour, glory and grace
Scared by tyrannical apartheid
One sunny morning
A young man
With a guitar in hand
Sadly sang and said
“Welcome Mr Nelson Mandela
Never forget who you are”

Author: Bhagavad-Gita