Poignant Message from SA Mom: “My President, You’re Tired”

Many South Africans are feeling despondent, nervous about the unemployment ahead and wondering what the covid-19 ‘fuss’ was about… not realising that “only” 58 dead is because the President made a brave call for an early lockdown, averting the tragic fatal statistics seen in countries like Italy and Spain. And last night, watching President Cyril Ramaphosa announce a R500-billion stimulus package, his exhaustion was palpable, his sighs audible. Never has he needed his nation’s support and cooperation more than right now… and leading the call is a mom of three from Greytown, Claire Lagerwall, who penned the following message to the President.

With Claire’s permission, here is the poem she published on her Facebook page – Coffee at Claire’s.

Mr President, You’re Tired – by Claire Lagerwall

My President, you’re tired
We can see it in your eyes
It’s not really something
You can easily hide

We see you across
Our television screens
Addressing the nation
On a history unseen

We see you stumble
Over words being said
And I pause to wonder
What’s going on in your head

Are you coping Sir
With all that you face
A broken nation
Looking to you for grace

Are you okay, Mr President
You look so sad
Your eyes tell a story
I’m sorry it’s so bad

We pray for you
Hold you in our thoughts
This is a war
We have never fought

I’m glad that you’re ours
That we don’t have to share
That our precious nation
Is under your care

With our cries of faith
We trusted God for a man
Who could steer a nation
Into unknown lands

Thank you, my President
For being so brave
Whilst a nation is judging
Each move that you’ve made

We pray for you Sir
We really do
And we thank God
For a leader like you

#prayingforramaphosa #southafrica #myhomeland #cyrilramaphosa #faith #coffeeatclaires #clairelagerwall

* Thank you all so much for sharing. Please keep his family in your prayers too, he is also a husband and a father. Often during times like this, our families come under fire.

Claire Lagerwall is a mother of three who lives in Greytown. Her husband was at the ‘It is Time’ prayer meeting in Bloemfontein where the crowd prayed for a leader appointed by God. She says: “The time has come ♡”. Follow Claire on FB here.