Simba Mhere, We Salute You

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OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

0 posted 2015-03-12 07:36 PM

SIMBA MHERE, WE SALUTE YOU
8 February 2015

I didn’t know you,
but I do now
in sadness
and tears.

I wish you didn’t have
to have died
for that.

I saw, painted on screen,
your warm, bright smile
that, like thousands of others,
I will never forget;
and vibrant proof
of your fiery passion for life
and how you laid youself down
for any who needed you;
and your irrepressible sense
of fun and mischief;
and how you were everybody’s answer
to all their problems.

And I saw how
those who knew you best
were rocked
into shiver-shock.
Their stories dissolved us all.

You won’t be resting in peace.
You will be
inspiring the angels
and making them laugh,
you hero of thousands,
for the very best
reasons.

You are a beacon for us all
on the pathway you chose.
May we honour you
by following it.

Your strong family’s agony,
I know, is tempered
by their pride
in the legacy
you have left
us
all.

Owl

Simbarashe Mhere was buried in the Hero’s Acre of West Park Cemetry in Roosevelt Park in Johannesburg on Saturday, 7 February. He was born in Zimbabwe on 29 October 1988 and came to South Africa with his parents when he was 23 months old. He was 27 when he and his girl friend were killed on 31 January 2015 when a drunk driver drove into their car. Simba’s father was in the car and survived. Simba was one of several presenters of Top Billing, an elitist TV program that didn’t appeal to me at all and I hardly ever watched, but when I did, I found him a breath of fresh forest air. He was an incredible person as I have learned from the hearts and souls of the huge number of people who have been devastated by the loss. The outpourings and the wonderful tales and memories, many told and many substantiated by multiple TV clips, have taught me who he was, is and ever will be.

http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2015/02/03/tears-flow-in-studio-for-simba
http://www.topbilling.com/presenters/-simba-mhere.html
http://www.topbilling.com/articles/Simbarashe-Mhere.html?articleID=324
http://www.mafaro.co.uk/2015/02/simba-to-be-buried-in-sa.html

[This message has been edited by OwlSA (03-13-2015 01:41 PM).]

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
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1 posted 2015-03-13 10:06 AM

fine tribute penning!

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

2 posted 2015-03-13 01:42 PM

Thank you, Bruce.

Owl

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

3 posted 2015-03-13 04:01 PM

A beautiful post for this young man. Ii seems too many young and good leave this earth too early. Thank you for telling his story. JO

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

4 posted 2015-03-14 06:17 PM

Thank you, Martyjo, for your kind and compassionate words. Yes, you are right and it is all so final.

Owl

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

5 posted 2015-04-02 08:50 PM

very nice...james

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

6 posted 2015-04-10 03:22 PM

Thank you, James.

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