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]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >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 > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------