Sister Jabou, " I am because we are". We therefore owe it to the common good and justice to continue this struggle. You are also a tremendous source of inspiration to me. Thanks. Omar Joof. >From: Jabou Joh <[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: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 00:35:58 EST > >Omar, > >Reading your poem re-inspires me. > >Jabou > >In a message dated 1/9/04 8:22:22 PM Central Standard Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > > > > > > 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. > > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >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 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~