"Ode to Bono"

You lit up the city

You lit up our skies

You lit up my conscious

You left me on a high

Bono; son of Ireland

One of ours too

You left your mark on all of us

Mother Africa’s indelible mark on you

The mother land still burning

But this phoenix on the rise

To soar once again through the clear blue skies

Your spirit shines bright

Keep shining your light

Walk on … walk on’

This poem was sent to Talk Radio 702 in Johannesburg by a listener and was read by the hostess, Redi Tlabi.In a very simple but moving way, it describes what many of us feel about the frontman of U2. 

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