Oblivion
Posted: September 13, 2015 Filed under: Free Verse | Tags: change, humanity, time Leave a comment
It matters not what state things are
For change is constant
Every breathing being here
Comes and goes
With the passage of time.
A force that is immovable
Nothing comes by accident
Because everything actually
Has a place
In the scheme of things.
The broken fragments
Of happy memories
Might just become a second-
Fast and fleeting
Because that’s what life is.
There remains only the shadows
Of a life borne out of dust
Maybe that tiny flicker of hope
Would also return to dust
Forever lost in oblivion.
Diaspora ( A Tribute to Syria)
Posted: September 5, 2015 Filed under: Free Verse | Tags: #humanitywashedashore, apathy, casualties of war, death, lost dreams, poem, refugees, Syria, Syrians, tragedy Leave a comment
You saw the bombs falling
As the city turned to ashes
Homes crumbled down
With the rotten bodies.
Everywhere was death
Chasing your every move
As news of yesterday
brought more fear than hope.
Hearing the cries of desperation
Forced you to move
And stay out of the noises
That haunted your mind.
As you walked with pain
Leaving the place you only knew
You rode the boat with hope
For a bright tomorrow.
But alas, like a thirsty homeless man
You faced the closed doors
And the uncaring silence
Of your wealthy neighbors.
So you swam farther to survive,
Further still, until you sank
And all that’s left were lost dreams
That were washed ashore.
