An ode to David Beckham’s first game on seven continents
11 November 2015
RAYMOND SIGIMET
On 5 November, the famous English footballer, David Beckham, made Mount Hagen the first stop of his UNICEF Goodwill Match for Children - 7 Games in 7 Continents - tour. It was an honour for this prominent athlete, Kange David, to choose Papua New Guinea as the starting point in his goodwill mission covering Antarctica, Argentina, Djibouti, Nepal, the United States and finally Manchester, England.
A superstar in our midst
On a journey with a twist
The world did not expect
In the land of the unexpected
To see the legendary David Beckham
Play soccer with some Niugini chums
With dashing humility of an English knight
He carried a load, some kilos of weight
Eased the heart of our hailans mama
That’s Kange David with the bandanna
You would have mistaken he’s from PNG
With he’s humble heart for all to see
For the love of the game
He came all the same
An ambassador amongst a thousand nations
Kick starts 7 games in 7 continents
In the world heartland of rugby
Kange David came with his brand of footy
The football legend with a mission
A match for children played in Hagen
First match in Papua New Guinea
A nation of a thousand tribes in glee
The legendary David Beckham came to town
For a few hours, Kange David was one of our own
The picture on the top right, tells the story of many rural women in PNG. They toil endlessly, carry heavy bilums miles, climb steep slopes with them to keep the families going.
An ode for the Beasts of Burden
Bending it like Beckham
They always score ten out of ten
Macho men must lighten the load for them
Posted by: Steven Ilave Senior | 14 November 2015 at 12:58 PM