The country, the people and the land never cease to surprise me.
It is the rise when all expect the fall…
It is the pride when all i can see is humiliation and greed…
It is the fortune among millions of dry hungry mouths…
The accomplishment when all i could see is failure…
The generosity and compassion among a stealing thousand hands…
The beauty under layers of dust and hay…
The elegance among tides of chaos…
A second of calmness in hours of screams…
And tranquility and its comforting sensation among the crowds…
My country never ceases to surprise me, just as the system that rules never surprises me!
The system never surprises me with a bold act of righteousness or justice…with a simple act of balance that could stabilize the patriotic feelings of the nation…with a strong grasp of freedom given to every Egyptian…with a legal practice that could be labeled : FAIR…with a regulated organized humanitarian protection from the police force…with a more reasonable distribution of wealth…with a useful educated curriculum that could actually add some IQ…with a more classic and proud international affair…with a glimpse of democracy… with offering less fear, more smiles and much peace…
Maybe then, when i express my great love and affection to the country…how i cherish every face and every lane and every drop of water Nile or sea…I could have a stronger argument, I could have valid proof…instead of a shaking voice and an ache in the heart.
I realize that for the sake of balance, nature has to have a beast and a prey…
I just wish for Egypt to surprise me…to exist with less sharks and more dolphins!!!
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June 17, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Noura
Do you mind if we share this wish and include Lebanon too:
I just wish for Egypt “and Lebanon” to surprise me…to exist with less sharks and more dolphins!!!
… to exist with less vultures and more birds !!!
June 18, 2009 at 1:18 am
Redzo
I thought it a poem first
) You are talented …
But My Advice to Me and You is the famous quote … : Be the change you wanna see in the world … Be the Love you wanna inject in people’s veins , be the smile that you miss seeing on people’s face in the morning And then go with god … He Will then help us all
June 18, 2009 at 9:25 am
Rasha*
Noura, of course i wouldn’t mind including my beloved lebanon nor any other country in my wish
This wish is universal i believe…you are such a nice lady btw, thanks for stopping by
Redzo, Thank you for the advice
May God help us all be what w wish the world to be…thanks
June 19, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Noura
Thanks a lot Rasha, that is so kind of you.. You are such a classy lady yourself ..
I have always followed your blog but never said anything , so am glad that I broke the ice and started commenting loool
June 19, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Rasha*
I am glad you did
thank you because that led me to your blog and now i can share the very sweet, elegant and enlightened nature of yours 