mandela an african icon <br />like many a continents great men, <br />like many a nations hero <br />who rise from humble birth <br />to become a gandhi to his people <br />an awolowo to his nation <br />and the list endless grows <br />but there is still space for you and me <br />to grace the lips and pages of history <br />to be a motivator, a model to future people <br />to spring forth flowers from our hithertho bushes <br />and make our today a better tommorow<br /><br />hamid kareem<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/icons/
