Despite... Despite... Poem by Dr. Ahmed Gumaa Siddiek

Despite... Despite...

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Despite you ugly Antonov *
Despite your horrible Molotov
Despite your terrible Kalashnikov
We will remain
II
Despite your bombers' flight
Shattering villages day and night
We will remain and fight
III
Despite your heavy artillery
We will remain
Despite your oozing planes
We will remain
Despite your missiles
Tearing every mile on the land
We will remain
Despite your arsenal of ammunition
We stand a one nation
IV
Despite your military boots on our faces
We will remain
Despite the killing of our races
We will remain
Despite the systematic rape of girls
They will remain
Despite the honor bequeathed on the rapists
for their deeds
They will remain, indeed
Despite your humiliation of their Humanity
They will remain
Despite devastating their fertility
They will remain
And give birth of more beautiful children
VI
Despite their long captivity
They will remain
Despite your crimes,
They will remain
Despite your pride
They will remain
Despite your vanity
They will remain
Despite all their rips
Despite the drought on their lips
Despite all the scars on their hips
They will remain
VII
Despite all the burden
Our girls will remain pure and virgin
To bear our offspring
To survive and remain
And many children they will bring
VIII
Despite the horror you befall, on our children
Wretched girls and boys
Deprived of milk
Deprived of toys and joys
They will remain
Despite your horrible deeds on women
Despite the elimination of men
Despite your efforts
To inject fear in their veins
They will remain
IX
Despite the long cold nights
Despite the heavy rains
They will remain
Despite the hunger and disease
Despite their severe pains
They will remain
X
Despite the million lies
You often release day and night
We will remain
Despite the elimination of the nation
We will remain
Despite the eradication of life on land
Despite the pollution befallen on the sand
We stand
XI
Despite the hate in your dark heart
We will remain
Despite all the agony
We will remain
Despite your fathomless power
Despite your guns exhaling death like shower
We will remain
XII
Despite all your deeds
We will breed love and seeds
And stand once again
To plant apples on the Marrah mountains*
XIII
Despite all the firm tight
Darfur will rise and fight
To restore hopes and rights
For women and men
And it will remain
To witness the morning bright
XIV
Despite your death vessels and tanks
Despite your millions in the banks
We will remain
Despite your total lack of wisdom
We will gain dignity and freedom
XV
Despite your ugly Molotov **
We will gain our freedom
Despite your horrible Antonov **
We will gain our freedom
Despite your dirty Kalashnikov**
We will gain our freedom

*Jabal Marrah is a famous mountain in Darfur in Western Sudan
**all Russian weapons
KSA - Jan 2015

Despite... Despite...
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: revolution
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
rom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Darfur genocide Part of the War in Darfur Darfur map Map of Darfur Location Darfur, Sudan Date 23 February 2003 - 31 August 2020 Target Darfuri men, women, and children from Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups Attack type Genocide, mass murder Deaths between 80,000 and 400,000 Victims Over 3 million people Perpetrators Khartoum government, Janjaweed, the Justice and Equality Movement[citation needed] and the Sudan Liberation Army The Darfur genocide is the systematic killing of ethnic Darfuri people which has occurred during the ongoing conflict in Western Sudan. It has become known as the first genocide of the 21st century.[1] The genocide, which is being carried out against the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups, has led the International Criminal Court (ICC) to indict several people for crimes against humanity, rape, forced transfer and torture. According to Eric Reeves, more than one million children have been 'killed, raped, wounded, displaced, traumatized, or endured the loss of parents and families'.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Edward Kofi Louis 12 May 2016

We will remain! In the name of peace and love. Nice work.

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Dr Antony Theodore 23 January 2016

Despite all the terrible activities and experience of sadness and horror we will survive. great determination you are giving to the reader. thank you very much dear poet. tony

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Ahmed Gumaa Siddiek 23 January 2016

Thank you so much Dr. Antony. You are always kind to me and encouraging. I would also be very pleased if you could spare some minutes to go over another poem under (What Brings Us Together) . I need your comments. Thanks once again.

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Dutendra Chamling 08 December 2015

Marvellous poem, indeed.....!

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Ahmed Gumaa Siddiek 23 January 2016

Thank you so much for you comment. Will you spare some minutes to go over my poem to A Jet fighter and What Brings us Together, please.

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Ahmed Gumaa Siddiek 09 December 2015

Thank you so much, Chamling.

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