"I will tell you why I laugh

Because I have a friend so full of peace

Because I have a friend who's always there

Because I have a friend, a soothing spirit

That shelters me from harmful climes

That makes me feel so full of life"

Bro,

I also have such a friend as you described above. I derive so much hope and inspiration from my friend. We stand by each other through thick and thin. My friend is precisely the soothing spirit in my life. I would not exchange my friend for all the treasures of the world.

Thanks for sharing!

Bailo

--- On Tue, 27/4/10, Baba Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: Baba Jallow <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: I will tell you why I laugh - A Poem
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Tuesday, 27 April, 2010, 22:38




I will tell you why I laugh

 

By Baba Galleh Jallow

 

Having told you why I cry

I will tell you why I laugh

Why my heart is full of joy

Why I smile and laugh aloud

Even when the devil bares his bloody fangs

Even when he casts his ugly shadow

Threatens to make it stay forever

On the horizon of my hopeful dreams

 

I will tell you why I laugh

Why twinkling stars sparkle in my eyes

Why merriment dances on my face

Even when the odds look so great

That reason suggests to quit and run

Even when the burdens weigh so heavy

That reason says to drop all cares

 

I will tell you why I laugh

Why my heart bubbles with pristine joy

Why even in sleep I keep my smile

Why even when fools with beads and gilded swords

When evil clad in mighty pious robes

Threatens to keep me forever chained

In the dark dungeons of his hellish greed

 

I will tell you why I laugh

Why day and night my soul rejoices

Why contentment sleeps and wakes with me

Why offense turns to merry mirth

Even when the mental fart of the racist mind

Causes fish and lizards collide

Causes elephants to dash for cover

And massive mountains turn to dust

 

I will tell you why I laugh

Because I have a friend so full of peace

Because I have a friend who's always there

Because I have a friend, a soothing spirit

That shelters me from harmful climes

That makes me feel so full of life

That devils, fools, and racists all

I calmly watch with amused mind

And laugh aloud with happy verse! 

 

 
                                      
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