May the people listen
the leaders, the insurgents
those who stood for justice
who cried out for freedom
the tribes, the bands,
the disparate factions
our leaders in distant lands
may they all slow down
may they all heed these warnings
the whispers of the martyrs
those who died seeking freedom
speaking to them, to us,
to seek forgiveness, not victory,
peace in their land,
that the rebellion, revolution
would build a lasting peace
that they may rest easy
those who died in the streets
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edited October 29, 2014
Whispers of the Martyrs –
v3
edited August 2, 2014
Whispers of the Martyrs –
v2
October 21, 2011
Whispers of the Martyrs
On the death of Muammar
Gaddafi
October 20, 2011
&
on the fall of Muammar
Gaddafi’s
reign of terror over Libya
and capture of Saddam
Hussein
August 22, 2011
&
Killing of General Abdel Fattah Younes
claimed to be by Islamic
factions
but that could be more
Qaddafi lies
&
earlier poems about the genocide in
Libya
and
hearing the rabbling of Gadhafi
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
“Our
Revolution was like Wikipedia”
February
14, 2011
&
Post
on Twitter by Wael Ghonim
“This is Revolution 2.0: No one was a hero
because everyone was a hero.”
February
13, 2011
and
see
A Prayer for the People of Egypt (February
3, 2011)
by
Safiyah Fosua
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