FAROOLE’S MAGIC MANDELA MOMENT
Nearly all men can stand adversity
If you want to test a man’s character
. . . Abraham Lincoln
Nothing, indeed, but the possession of some power
What at the bottom is the true character of any man.
But
Give him power.
Can with any certainty discover
. . . Burke
Upon this
A question arises:
Whether it be better to be loved than feared
Or
Feared than loved?
. . . Machiavelli
Became him like the leaving [Power!]
Nothing in Faroole’s life
. . . Togane on Faroole
Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.
. . . Satan
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
. . . Confucius
Better to have self-control than to conquer a city.
Better to be patient than powerful;
. . . Proverbs 16: 32
Desire of Power
Yet sprung from High is of Celestial Seed
On Earth a Vicious Weed
In God ’tis Glory
And when men Aspire
‘Tis but a Spark too much of Heavenly Fire.
. . . John Dryden
Faroole was a politician
Now he is
The Greatest Statesman of the Somali race
After being the most powerful man in Puntland
When Faroole lost to Ina Gas by one vote
Faroole decided
To seize The MAGIC Mandela Moment
Faroole decided
That it is better to be loved
By the Somali people
By the Somali people
Faroole decided
Than feared
To walk away
From the contentious Pride of Power
From the pomp of Power
From the boast of heraldry
From all that beauty
From all that wealth ever gave
Faroole decided
To walk away
Peacefully
Gracefully
Faroole decided
Not to contend
Not to fight
Not to argue
This poem is composed by Prof. Mohamud Siad Togane
