Denied a Place

Far too long
taking to accept the others
voices for freedom
from that crying land
now, more than ever
after months of rebellion
freedom should guide
the actions, the diplomacy
the posture of all the nations

Denied a place
so must be resolute
the madman cast out
into the streets
shunned by his own
those who stood with him
denied a place
at any seat of power
no legitimacy at all
none in the least remaining


July 28, 2011
1 Corinthians 5, 1 Corinthians 6, 1 Corinthians 7
90 day New Testament Bible Study
read July 28, 2011
and see earlier poem, “A Nullity”
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A Nullity

He will not be a martyr
a champion of the people
dying for something
noble or worth

He will go down in silence
though he will be screaming
a nullity, a cypher
a shadow on the stage

The world will be better
when he has left power
few will weep
when he leaves this celestial plane


February 22, 2011
seeing the genocide in Libya
and hearing the rabbling of Gadhafi
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/02/22/bts.gadhafi.statement.libyanstate
2/22/2011
&
on the transformations since the beginning of January -
all the protests in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya,
Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Palestinian Territories, Djibouti, Mauritania, Senegal, etc.
and
especially the resignation of Hosni Mubarak
February 11, 2011
&
and the jubilance in Tahrir Square
versus the bloodshed in Bahrain and Libya, etc.
February 18, 2011
&
hearing claim by President Obama 2/15/2011
in a news conference that when history books tell it
we will be seen as being on the right side of history
in how the United States responded
&
Post on Twitter by Wael Ghonim
http://twitter.com/Ghonim
“Our Revolution was like Wikipedia”
http://twitter.com/Ghonim/status/37306340103688192
http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/ghonim-our-revolution-wikipedia
February 14, 2011
&
Post on Twitter by Wael Ghonim
http://twitter.com/Ghonim
“This is Revolution 2.0: No one was a hero because everyone was a hero.”
http://twitter.com/Ghonim/status/36708161440190464
February 13, 2011
and see
http://www.facebook.com/raymond.a.foss#!/notes/safiyah-fosua/a-prayer-for-the-people-of-egypt-february-3-2011/10150134548244274
A Prayer for the People of Egypt (February 3, 2011)
by Safiyah Fosua
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=719089081

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