After The Years More Tears

All the pain that surrounded him, all the tragedy

For 27 years he bore his tormentors passively

The tragic lost of his oldest son in a car crash in ‘69

Empathy came from the world as Mandela cried from behind

Repeat tragedy when his other son died

This time from AIDS in 2005 and with him the world cried

He had lost a baby daughter when she was only 9 months old

Every personal tragedy yet still he walked upright and bold

Yesterday another tragedy when the news came

Everyone heard before the start of the first World Cup game

An accident took his great granddaughter’s life

Real fortune spared Winnie, Mandela’s Ex-wife

Shakira and The Black Eye Peas played that night

Mandela’s great grand Zenani never had a fight

Once the vehicle hit the barricade and turned upside down

Road fatalities went up by one and word spread around

Eyes bursting with tears, I didn’t want to believe

That a drunk driver again caused so many nations to grieve

Emergency vehicles to rush, lights and sirens to flare

Remorse troubled Nelson Mandela through all the years

So much trauma now After The Years More Tears