Ode To Johnny Clegg

   
   
Your voice saved  
broke the silence    
of slavery  
your mind shared  
equality and understanding  
your body brought  
dance  
and I remember the day  
Nelson Mandela  
danced with you on the  
international stage  
   
Your Gum boots  
the rhythm of miners  
your guitar the timing  
of discussion  
and you stood as our  
truest Activism leader  
through two decades  
of change  
   
Now your body a Neoplasm  
of disaster  
and we learn to deal  
with the end of    
your era  
your stage  
your live wire  
we will learn to live by  
the value of recordings  
Youtube uploads  
and    
the Chemocatastophic future  
   
And I call, I call    
the Doctors  
the Scientists  
the Social Workers  
to call  
Tell us, just tell us  
what is needed    
we'll activitate the masses  
to the call  
let's learn to beat this  
Cancer  
let's beat it    
once and for all  
   
"We'll do it for Johnny"  
   
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Notes:-  
In dedication to a life on stage    
as it tours the world, taking the final bow  
a curtsy to the call    
of activism that stood the test of time.  
   
   
Watch this video to the end, my friend....    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGS7SpI7obY  
   
"It is through music and dance that I am at peace with the world  
and at peace with myself" - Nelson Mandela - France 1999  
   
For an understanding of the gum boot dance reference...  
https://youtu.be/9zv0iogsjHU
   
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Cancer is no longer a health issue!  
It is a international Human Rights issue!  
 
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