REFLECTIONS

This poem is based on the story of Prof. John F. Nash, 
whose life story was reproduced in the movie, 
"A Beautiful Mind" (2002), which won four Academy Awards.


His wife's love, support and encouragement helped him to 
overcome his illness.

-Ambassadors Research Foundation

LOVE THERAPY!

By Hala El-Banna 

Take off my hat
Give away my pen
To the man with a beautiful mind!

His wife and he as a team they worked.
And that is how he put rules to the test,
And that is how she proved love to resist
Total illness, total loss.
And back to reality the man was pulled.
His will was strong, hers was iron.
The force of love, the governing equation
Conquered that of fantasy.
The force of love survived that agony
Of a life that could've been total misery.

The equation of love,
The best for all including oneself
Is the core and the whole
He solved that from the start.
Then came a beautiful wife
To solve and complete
Such mysterious equation
If the mind was ill,
The heart could still
Reach a sound judgment
And perform instead.

She simply believed
And made believe
Reality to be the sole truth
Her love a rescue boat
led the whole family
Safe back to shore.

A very sensitive and delicate equation,
A combination of a beautiful mind
And a beautiful heart.
May man learn,
Decipher the code
And read out loud
The equation of love
That binds beautiful minds
With beautiful hearts.
Only then, the universe
Can witness better future
Rather than total destruction,
Total greed, total illusion.

This is what it takes,
A beautiful man
A beautiful mind
A beautiful wife
A beautiful heart
A beautiful friend
A beautiful doctor
Roles assigned to those who CARE
To only those who LOVE and BELIEVE.

The Ambassadors previously published other poems written by Ms. Hala El-Banna. These can be viewed in the past issues ARCHIVES section. If you would like to contribute to this section of The Ambassadors Online Magazine, contact Ms. Hala El-Banna. Email: dalou@excite.com

A message to Poets around the world

Ms. Hala El-Banna MA, the founder of reflections, wishes to invite Poets from around the world to share with their poetry in this section in whichever language they prefer accompanied by the English translation for those who write in other than English. Hoping that more value, meaning and understanding will be reflected through reflections. (Latest award "Editors Choice Award" for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry by The International Library of Poetry for 2001 and 2002,and selected for inclusion in a collection of new poems entitled "The Best Poems & Poets of 2001" [ISBN-0-7951-5174-8]). Most recently, she was nominated as Poet of the Year 2002, where she will be formally inducted as an International Poet of Merit and Honored Member of the Society for 2002 on August 23rd, at the International Society of Poets Summer Convention and Symposium held in Washington DC. She is currently a PhD candidate at Cairo University.

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