(Chants for champions of history -Heroes and Genuises)
History decides and writes its heroes
And always out of anguish, it disfavors villains,
With heroes’ sweat and tears
Fallen nation will rise like Mandela’s bone,
Laid to rest in death with blood
Their loyalty for a cause is honoured
With dusts of time settling on history’s wall of fame,
In heroes’ mouth, words lack no taste,
Upon their lives, values are real and true,
Upon those men of good hearts eaten up
By a great cause of trampling inhumanity
And changing the course of time for better
Sacrificial lambs they’ll always become on history’s altar,
Since the world can’t contain heroes,
They’ll always choose to go life beyond
To create more free space for the younger generation,
Dying for things that can’t die
Of virtues’ legacy that’s passed upon ages that follow suit,
Achieving immortality in humans’ memory of heart
Through outliving the lifespan of time and space.
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Poet/Lyricist – Henry. C.
Henry Chukwuma © March 2021. All Rights Reserved