A bouquet of poems for the First Lady


1.

Nelson Mandela’s sky-climbing aspiration
Finally won.
O First Lady, you were your rejection;
Nelson Mandela was his aspiration.
You were your objection;
Nelson Mandela was his aspiration.
You were your hesitation;
Nelson Mandela was his aspiration.
Finally, his aspiration and your illumination
Together won the race.
Impossibility surrenders; impossibility smiles.
Impossibility’s surrender-smile is exquisite.