Oh Egypt !

Egypt's struggle toward democracy.

Oh Egypt

Beautiful Daughter of the Nile

Palm Fronds bend and expand beneath your weary, persevering Feet

Slipping and sliding upon the Shifting Sands of Formulating Liberty

Made more stable by Universal Good Will which considers All

While Sifting through the Disciplined Measures of Balanced Compromise

Amongst Military, Secular and Theological blinking Mind’s Eyes

Oh Egypt

Land of ancient desert golden empires

Shimmering mirages wavering upon History’s wind blown Sands of Time

Source of Nether World River Visions and Dreams

Whose modern Peoples Awakened by Technology -

By Communicating with and Touching the Lives,

Minds, Hearts and Souls of Others Worldwide

Whose Knowledge-Thirsty Peoples Opened Them-Selves

To the Ideals and Potentialities of democracy -

Of Empowered Voice, Vote and Citizenry

Who Willingly and un-Willingly shed blood, sweat and tears

For Faith in a Belief of some-thing, some-way better

Oh Egypt

You have Chosen the Path of Ra

The Sun Sets on One Idea, One Imagined and Realized Dream

To Rise the next Day upon Another and Others

With Hawk’s Wings You Seek to Rise Above

To Call out to Higher and Brighter

Individual and National Aspirations and Inspirations

For Your-Selves - for Your Children - for Your Children’s Children

Oh Egypt

Bright Jewel of the East

You have many more Sand Storms, Dust Devils and Crocodile Maws

To struggle against and with before Your democracy

Evolves into a more Egalitarian Reality

But like the Bright Lotus of Africa

You will Breathe Life into the democracy You yearn for -

Work for and Chant and Pray into Being

Oh Egypt

Brilliant Desert Fire Storm of the Arabian Spring

You Re-Mind us

You Re-Mind Us………..