KWEE: Liberian Literary Magazine AUGUST 1, 2015 ISSUE | Page 38

Liberian Literary Magazine

Liberia – “The Before,
During, and After Ebola”
Preston M. Tulay

~ One ~
I am a land, small and big in the
eyes of many
Of these I am the greenest of
greens
Bounded by four distinctions
West of my narrow path is two
nations of friends
North of me is a land that
stretches from west
I fear not to call my friend
East of my stretch greens is yet
another
For our greens see no boundaries
As roots and branches crosses
high and low
No distance we travel as we
flourish
And, yes down south of me is my
ocean friend
As I stretches by her side down to
my very south
With beautiful white sands, I
carried her shore lines
In distance far and near for my
dwellers

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My ocean friend cherish my
greenness
In moments of time she breezes
me
Before, during, and after you
Ebola
~ Two ~
A land of natural elements in
abundance
Yet, not as in the destruction of
my people
Unto earth as it in fertile land
In water of rains, rivers, lakes,
and ocean
Like air, it hallows below and
above my green pastures
Even so, as it is in fire to restore
the newness of life
For in the state of my natural
elements
As to maintain my cool and
moisten my greens
For which my love is infinite, and
dislike by few
My state of natural beauty shall
always remain
For this is the land I am and
always will be
As I was before Ebola and so shall
I be after
~ Three ~
I am the land you referred to as
Liberia
Yet, I am more than Liberia; not
just a country as you claim
I am the home of many, and
many more shall be
My dwellers are my precious
inhabitants
Choose them, not I, but He that
knows no boundaries
In time past I proclaimed their
perpetuity with me
That which you may call freedom
– I know not of
I confirmed, I am the land of
perpetuity
For that and my greenness, I am
the envy of few

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Even the few that called me
home, and the travelers
Yet, for love of land is my origin
As I remain resolute even so in
my naturalness
As it is in my state of small, big,
green, and blissfulness
From my far west to my far south
I give you true beauty of broad
shore lines
My beauties are the desires of
many you called nations
You have come to see and many
shall come again in time
As I remain to flourish before and
after Ebola

Preston M. Tulay
Mr. Tulay, was born in Liberia,
West Africa and moved to the
United States of America. He
attended
Howard
University
where he received a Bachelor of
Business Art degree in Computer
Based Information Systems in
1991.
In 1999, he received his Master
of Science in Computer Systems
Management (IT)
from the
University of Maryland University
College.

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