Ya soffie, You've got the point. There is every need to rally our compatriots around the national flag. The bottomline should be a total and unreserved commitment to the Gambia and then our dividing into different political parties can follow without subverting the national agenda. Thanks for your apt analysis. Omar Joof. >From: "Ceesay, Soffie" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: A POEM: THE BALM >Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 06:17:47 -0800 > >Thank you Omar for this uplifting piece, inspiring some to re-dedicate and >others to stay committed to the struggle. > >Regards, >Soffie > > THE BALM > >When the struggle intensifies >And the strength of the others stupifies >Sending our forces in reverse >From somewhere your memory arises >Supplying strength from reservoire unknown > >When all plans fail to work >And we are plagued by our woes >Our hopes evaporating into thin air >A flicker of your essence rallies hope around >Giving us the push to forge ahead > >When all resources are expended >And our risks are quite extended >Our fears multiplying manifold >Your touch reflects powers magical >Eliminating all our fears and risks > >When the day's work is done >And exhaustion makes us druggy >Our bodies seemingly refusing action >Our thoughts of you generate attention >Sending vigour into bones and muscles > >You who inspires us in the struggle >Giving hope in alternating strategy >Eliminating fears that may lead to weakness >Freeing our bones and muscles from weariness >You are the source of our vitality > >You shall take us home to rest >Making our exhaustion respectable >Changing our weariness to vigour >Inculcating a sense of victory >Yet our battle is not won > >You who shall give meaning to darkness >Exposing how we survive in danger >As they strive to create our fall >Trying to conceal their own fallacy >You are the balm for our pains > >BY: Omar Joof. > >_________________________________________________________________ >Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online >http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~