Beautiful poem Rene. Passionate. Thanks for sharing.

Baba


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>Subject: A Poem
>Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:26:22 EST
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>I have used some of the phrases from previous postings  to come up with 
>this
>poem.
>
>   You raise your voices
>   and abhor the vices
>   it bedevils the mind
>   you inspire a nation
>   to rise up, rise up
>   and cast away the yoke
>   of hopelessness
>   of poverty and misery.
>
>   You ignite the flames
>   of civic passion
>   instill a burning desire
>   of selfless action
>   and they voraciously satiate
>   from the fountain of knowledge
>   that gush out from your mighty pen.
>
>   You ripple the calm waters
>   and amid the storm
>   you sail gently to shore
>   with your powerful insights
>   your clever polemics
>   with your fervent critique
>   you lay bare
>   the decay and backwardness
>   of the political dispensation of the day.
>
>   If those
>   who butchered our expectations
>   If those
>   who unfulfilled our yearnings
>   If those
>   who dampened our aspirations
>   and defrauded our resources
>   have eased the poverty
>   and alleviate the misery
>
>  the quality of life
>  we so desperately needs
>  would have been paid for.
>
>   Rene
>
>
>
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