Whispers of the martyrs
a prayer in the memory
murmurs of history
sighs of angels, their spirits,
for the troubles in that land
Not at peace, silent
torn, still in struggle
turmoil, anguish
not knowing rest
not yet at least
Hope for their future
through their rebirth
their struggles, their path,
their casting off of the tyrants
that they would come together
That they would walk
in their freedom, the light
that the dead would know peace
that the murmurs of history
would yet be songs of relief
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edited October
25, 2014
The murmurs of
history – v4
(editing version
2)
edited April 16, 2014
The murmurs of history –
v3
edited January 9,
2014
The murmurs of
history – v2
October 21, 2011
The murmurs of
history
On the death of
Muammar Gaddafi
and video showing
his bloody face
October 20, 2011
and October 21, 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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