Miss Namibia
for Happie Ntelamo

[Inspired by her words in Nassau recently,
heard on ZNS TV, about being reminded
of how her people have suffered]

chains to pop
pressed down to pop up

chains to break
prisons to escape

like what Samson accomplished
or what David did

a few inches gained
a few feet or a few yards

or to move some obstruction
out of your way

to enable you to get into
or to let in the light of day

is as much or can be as much
of an achievement as when
on July 20, 1969, Apollo 11
landed upon the moon

one can at times on earth,
achieve as much, can go as far
in a few inches, in a few feet,
in a few yards

depending upon the adversary
how formidable the opponent

depending upon the force
of the resistance to what you,
with determination, accomplish,
achieve


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2009
8:47 p.m. 18.08.09