the actual pingpong of the abyss

ninety years ago
this day you arrived
avatar of hope
for the 21st century
bottleneck for Earthly
life’s potential
near miss.

How we hear you
how we heed you
your words your deeds
messenger from
eternity remains
to resolve itself
in its infinitely
holographic
primordial field
of holistic possibility.

Your spirit father
Mahatma Gandhi
your spirit brother
Tenzin Gyatso
your spirit sister
Agnes Bojaxhiu
your spirit mother
Earth.

Your spirit
extended family
we.

Ubuntu citizen
    of your family
        of your blood
        of your spirit
    of your village
    of your party
    of your nation
    of your planet
    of your universe
and infinitly beyond
we are
because
you are
we may be
because
you were.

Will your fulfillment
of your own potential
reflect itself fractally
in our own fulfillment
of our potential?

We will certainly
know within
the next
ninety years
dear Madiba.