Ode to John Erenzen

Ode to John Erenzen.

Comrade in arms.

Integrity personified.

A pillar of courage in troubled times.

How heavily I leaned on you

As we built the road to freedom

As we walked it.

Your Light

Of Integrity

Always shone brightly.

With meticulous finesse

You chiselled through

The complexity of Ego.

Always principled.

And always with humility

Holding the reins of leadership.

I salute you kindred Spirit.

As you voyage on to new realms

Knowing you carry the profound wisdom of this human experience

Seeding our cosmos

With Love and Solidarity.

May all the people you touched

Incubate the servant leadership

You embodied.

To scalpel through the muddy waters

Of Desire. Greed. Arrogance.

And restore the path of Service

And Compassion.

The beacon of guiding Light

You always radiated so selflessly.

Hamba Kahle

Umkhonto

The spear of our Nation.

And patriotic son of Africa.