Warrior sons of Zulu <br />of uMnguni, uMalandela, and uPhunga-noMageba <br />Singing the songs of death <br />the songs of life <br />songs for the king <br />Pressing forward in a jovial dance <br />of the feet, spear and shield <br />They were content <br />to give up their lives for the ancestral dreams <br />The dream that drove <br />uMnguni across the rivers of Ethiopia <br />The dream that brought <br />uMalandela down into the Gondwana Land <br />The dream of uShaka Zulu: <br />one people, one king, one free country <br />But most of all they did it for the children <br />and their children’s children <br />Courageous souls <br />Against all odds <br />Singing their own songs <br />indifferent to the thundering sounds <br />of steel <br />How can we forget, how best to remember <br />we for whom they sacrificed <br />Do we sing the songs they sang <br />push their philosophy, be courageous? <br />Do we tell their story over and over again?<br /><br />LLM Mbatha<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/esandlwana/
