A hum on the wind
an echo remaining
of that day not so long
ago
the wail of the martyrs
when it was really the end
when it was truly over
The madman bloodied
hiding in his hometown
willing for more to die
to hold the illusion of
power
freedom for himself
avoiding the dock of judgment
Dying in a hail of fire
his body torn asunder
the wail of the martyrs
decades of oppression
they rise together
singing of that day
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edited December
1, 2014
The Wail of the
Martyrs – v4
(editing original
again)
edited October
24, 2014
The Wail of
the Martyrs – v3
(editing
original again)
edited January
11, 2014
The Wail of
the Martyrs – v2
October 20,
2011
The Wail of
the Martyrs
on claims
Muammar Gaddafi is dead
&
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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