Saturday, January 1, 2011

Have you been?


Let me take you on a journey with pride
Which I have not undertaken before

Let’s sit by the fireside
Until the early hours of the morning, let’s agree on four

Sit down and relax
Lean back and reflect

Have you been into this situation
You closed your eyes and reached a destination

Called home
Not being on your own
Not ready to depart
Your heart

Have you been into this situation
You closed your eyes and felt liberation

Called freedom
Living the early morning
Watching the soft glow
Breaking dawn, very slow

Have you been into this situation
You closed your eyes followed by a sincere smile with fascination

Called momentary happiness
You see one nation, landscape being endless

One people smiling, greeting with Peace
One language, trading like brothers with ease

One culture, praying five times a day
One faith, ancient proverbs showing me the way

Son and daughter of the path
It’s not hardship what made them laugh

Rhetoric made pleasant with narrations of the past
You can’t deny the beauty of modesty at last

He is nomadic
Life educated him to an academic

She is an epic poet
Her beauty expressed in words never came to an end

Have you been into this situation
You closed your eyes and felt a sensation

From the south to the north, from the east to the west a celebration

The Horn of Africa comes back to life as one nation
Have you been into this situation


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