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ALPHA, you are a bad brother! I mean could somebody pass me a tissue
please. This poem is awesome dude! Keep up the good work. Sorry folks,
man do cry too. This is phenomenal!!

                                             Mr Makaveli


>From: Alpha Robinson <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: The wind of change - a poem
>Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 20:46:44 +0200
>
>This one is dedicated to all those in the struggle. Together we will
>overcome.
>No mountain is high enough.
>
>
>The wind of change
>
>The gentle breeze will soon turn into a tornado
>The epicentre cannot hold
>Here comes the wind of change
>
>After the storm
>Comes the calm
>And then another storm
>As new challenges come
>
>But jump we must
>This is the power of change
>Not even the sky is our limit
>So rise and shine
>We are the power
>The power is us
>
>Let the fire burn
>Inflict pain on me
>Ready to pay the price for victory
>Knowing the sweetness ahead
>
>Step out of my way
>Or you will be crushed
>You the oppressor
>No time to fool around
>Take a cup of knowledge
>Lest you will choke
>Beware of the power of consciousness
>
>Let the tide come
>For the ebbing will not be too long
>No sins will remain covered
>For the tide will wash the sand away
>Naked you will be
>
>Feel me
>But don’t touch me
>You keep our fire blazing
>Are you so deaf to hear
>Are you so blind to see
>Are you so numb to feel
>
>This is the wind of change
>It can uproot mountains
>We drank from the calabash of yesteryear
>On today we stand
>Looking beyond the horizon
>Awaiting the bright star of tomorrow
>
>Beat beat beat
>Beat the drum of victory
>No more dancing in solitude
>We refuse to be silenced
>The vacuum left behind by the pain
>Must be filled with joy
>
>Listen to the voice of the newly born
>Oh sweet tomorrow
>I can feel the goose pimples
>This must be the soothing effect
>Of the hormone of victory
>
>I can feel tomorrow in me
>Purging the pus of yesterday
>This must be the wind of change
>
>Alpha Robinson
>
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