World marks Nelson Mandela Day

Mandela's words, "The struggle is my life," are not to be taken lightly.Nelson Mandela personifies struggle. He lead the fight against apartheid with extraordinary vigour and resilience after spending nearly three decades of his life behind bars. He sacrificed his private life and his youth for his people, and remains South Africa's best known and loved hero. 

There Was a black man
But his heart was pure white
He started the revolution
Where discrimination was defined in color
he fought the battle for discrimination
to save the God’s creation
Father gave him a name of Rolihlala
Which was only disgraced by himself
Name’s Meaning was Troublemaker
But it turned out to be successful.
Nelson was noted in the world with peaceable name
He Spent 27 years of life in jail
Touched with his reflection in a cell
But from that dark room
 the brightness of the sun was coming just as well.
His energy flowed.
The darkness of that room was percussive with him
the dark is afraid to see the darkness in him
Dark Began to feel the darkness
black was on collision with white
Spend a day in the condemned cell
And other adversity
A child lost his lovable mother
Mother lost a chance to see the lovable child
From the bottom of yesterday’s closet
He went straight to the top.
He has won the favor of God to make Live life lessons for others.

Ritu Rai