Here is a poem that Maya Angelou wrote and delivered as a tribute to the great Nelson Mandela, who died Thursday at the age of 95.

Watch it. It is worth the four minutes and 40 seconds it will take to listen.

This is a beautiful tribute to the man with a happy face. His strength in the freedom of forgiveness presents a wholeness that touches all. His sunset sounds a call that we might embrace the wants and needs of every person. We, in the United States, are challenged to carry his breathe through the depth of time, as we rejoice in the life of Mandela.