IF WAR BREAKS OUT IN A COUNTRY, PEOPLE AND BUILDINGS WILL GET DESTROYED. BUT TO RE-BUILD A WAR-TORN SOCIETY IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN RE-INSTITUTING THE DISMANTLED STRUCTURES OF THE STATE. ONLY THROUGH EDUCATION CAN SHATTERED HOPES BE RE-ESTABLISHED. AND IT IS MAN, NOT THE PROPERTY, WHICH SHOULD BE GIVEN HIGHEST PRIORITY. MAN CAN BUILD A HOUSE BUT A HOUSE CAN NOT BUILD A MAN.
CHAOS ERUPTED IN THE MOTHERLAND
KILLING AND RAPE CLAIMED HIGH TOLL
TENS OF THOUSANDS WENT TO THE CAMPS
MANY MORE THOUSANDS FLED TO ABROAD
LAW AND ORDER REPLACED BY STRIFE
BUILDINGS DESTROYED. SUPPLIES LOOTED
PRICES ESCALATED. HARDSHIP INCREASED
GUNS AND BOMBS FOUND IN LARGE NUMBERS
PENS AND BOOKS REMAINED IN SHORTAGE
SIZE OF INTELLECTUALS SHRINKED TOO LOW
THEY BECAME LIKE ENDANGERED SPECIES
ANARCHY REDUCED THE NATION TO A RUBBLE
BUT FROM UNDER THE ASH HOPE HAS EMERGED
A CHILD WALKS OVER THE COLLAPSED ROOFS
HE IS WEARING HIS WHITE AND BLUE UNIFORM
HE IS GOING TO SCHOOL. HE IS A STUDENT
HE REPRESENTS A NEW SOMALI GENERATION
HE IS THE FUTURE OF A WAR-TORN NATION
HE IS THE LIGHT OF PEACE
HE IS THE RAY OF HOPE
Abdi Noor, another wisdom write from you! I agree with Sherry. Our hope for the future is in the children,and that's why we have to be staunch in teaching them properly. They need to learn common sense , balance and godly things, not just intellectual knowledge. I hope and pray this will be the future! Thanks for sharing. God bless you and yours !
Indeed, you speak the truth, Abdi-Noor. Our future and our hope lies within the children, who don't know the meaning of the word defeat, Who have not been wearied by the oppression. With each birth a new light is cast on the world situation and new hope abounds. Excellent write!
Take care,
Sherry
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Take care,
Sherry
Wise message delivered in "HE IS THE LIGHT OF PEACE".
It is a VOICE to be listened to and to be followed.
Long EDUCATING Healthy Life, Poet!
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU