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Nelson Mandela – A tribute
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It
is
The simplicity of the 'dark continent'
Versus
The continent of dark minds
Whose
Ethos is only skin deep,
And painted white;
Mere
Bodies of dermal egos,
That
Lived by looted bread alone,
Which
Nourished your spirit
Defying its pillage
By
The satanic power,
Whose
Gourmet's orgy
left behind
Legion native mouths,
Grainless ghosts for years,
Caged
Without clemency for aeons,
You
Broke into a soul,
Making your divine grade,
And
As you stepped out
Under the blue,
Your heart's pure alchemy
Held in its hand,
A harmony. |
-By G. Viswanathan
('From An Ampler Ether')
(Appeared in 'Mother India' Sri Aurobindo Ashram, November 1979)
Flat 104, Banashankari Residency,
8th Main, Girinagar 2nd Phase,
Bangalore 560 085.
Phone: (080) 6721125
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