REFLECTIONS
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This poem was inspired by Prof. Dr. Ahmed Zuweil, recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in Egypt. In a television interview, Prof. Zuweil spoke about his expectations for the world in the next 50 years, from the prevalence of Alzheimer's to food shortage. His opinions spawned this poem. |
IN FIFTY YEARS!
By Hala El Banna
The world’s destiny
The world’s map
Remains a mystery in
Fifty years!
But one thing for sure
That’ll rock our boat on earth
Would be extremity!
Neither greedy nor stingy
Will guide us safe
But
A Moderate View
Where man can view
“Love for thy neighbour
What you love for thyself.”
The ethics and principles,
The buffer, the Equilibrium
Where man can survive
The deadly waves of
Destructive Madness and Greed
Waste of lives, energy and land
Never seen a man eat more than his need and become
Healthy,
But sick and dead in the end, swept I mean.
So, if we truly wanna Progress
We’d better start now
Our Human Resources
Our future generation
Need an education
That is totally different
From the one in the market
A special training
A warning, a bell
But what kind of instructors
Are capable of tutoring
This delicate message …
Highly equipped humans
With determined minds
To set whatever anxiety apart and work on
“Positive Satisfaction,”
I’d call it
Whereby one can satisfy oneself and be content
Without wanting, wishing or hoping for what’s not legally his.
Dr. Nasser Al Ansary, the Chairman of the General Egyptian Book Organization, displayed Hala El-Banna's four poetry books at the London and Geneva Book Fairs held in April and May 2008. The Book Fairs concentrated on volumes written by Arab authors.
