REFLECTIONS


 

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.


Ms. Hala Elbanna, MA, the winner of the International Poets award is an international correspondent for The Ambassadors Magazine. She is the author of four poetry books: Men & Women with Broken Hearts: A guideline to prevention and treatment, Reflections: A collection of poems and Violin Man and "Poetic Cocktail". Her email is dalou@excite.com
 



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