Dr Kwame Nkrumah Was Here

I must have been too young to remember

But they said that you were here

Filling in the gaps left between our spaces

Restoring the hope once deserted from our faces

Treading on a selfless path reserved for martyrs

Not knowing when the wind would blow

Why did you do what you did

What compelled you to stand up to Goliath

What did you see in us--Dr kwame Nkrumah

Which we still don't see in ourselves

Memories of you are on our blood stained walls

Which the morning rains have left unwashed

They remind me that you were here

That you once trod this sacred land

Which these orphans of wealth call their own

Only to be disowned by your own

How did it feel when they sold you out

When the carpet was pulled from under your feet

You were sent crashing to the floor

Whilst angels watched and wept from heaven's door

A bright candle light in the face of darkness

They said that you shone brightly

A mortal man with the wings of Pegasus

How golden your feathers must have been

Our Prince

How could they not have seen

What were you trying to tell us--Dr Nkrumah

What were you trying to say

How come that we didn't listen

And would we ever

I go in search of a house--which you may have built

But they tell me that you had none of your own

It seems that you gave all of yourself

Only to receive your less

For a moment we had you

The next you were gone

For a moment you were here

Now--emptiness is all that remains

Indeed--a great man once walked in our midst

Even if it was brief

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