Oju Iwe Madiba

Hush world! Let my Madiba speak

Let the stellar black star speak!

In worlds of large and little

My Madiba’s words echo

Like dark marble pearls tossed in the silver silence

His expression of past and plenty

Washing the dust off our feet and heart

His writing. His art of strange but soothing magic

My Madiba. Oh let my Madiba speak!

Let our hearts and feet race in this light to where it points

And let the silent sun water the seeds of his tears

Let the wind minister so subtly to his prints in the sand

In the day and night, let my sweet Madiba write

I want to read oju iwe Madiba everyday clear

I want to read oju iwe Madiba everyday new

I confess I love his words everyday fresh

And world blessed by Allah, should read and love him too.