Generations to come envy us for ever <br />For being contemporaries of a legend <br />Mandela the great, who inspired <br />the deprived to raise against apartheid <br /> <br />jailed for decades for raising against injustice <br />never he lost his courage unmindful of his decayed health <br />the iron fists that bossed over the locals <br />relented and retreated accepting their defeat <br /> <br />inspired by Gandhi- the Mahatma, Mandela the savior <br />became undoubtedly the darling of the masses <br />world saluted his statesmanship for sharing power <br />with those who ruled them for longer years <br /> <br />awards and rewards came calling on him <br />the noblest on earth honored with Nobel prize <br />the legend that guided the masses left us for ever <br />leaving us to cherish his never fading memoirs<br /><br />Somanathan Iyer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-end-of-a-saga/
