He said
My words
Are not truly mine
I don’t feel the inspiration all the time
Like a river that has run dry
My fruits die
And I
Wait for the dam
To break loose
I ask him
Why
Does he continue to rely
On others to tear down the block
He looks at me with a shock
He realizes
He’s had the tools all along
Feeling empowered and strong
He breaks the barriers
And writes a new song
We were forged out of the same stone
Ages ago
Then we were separated
The big bang scattered us like ash
As they speculated
But the magnetic field was too strong
And it couldn’t have dissipated
Life time after another
We mange to find each other
Putting pieces that were lost
Back together
And the image becomes clear
The memory of that stone
Inches near
Until we become one
Whole again
I have missed you
My dear friend
I weaved a nest
Out of the things they threw away
And I made a home for my children to say
He created an earth so large
So great
Hoping one day
The Gods will appreciate
The waste they threw a way
The Garden of Eden was no place to stay
Adam
I know your pain
I, too, had to do the same
To free myself and children alike
To start fresh
A new life
I too had to be
Immigrant
But free
I wondered
How embarrassing must it be
To be naked
Outside
Like this tree
She has no shame
Not one bit
And she claims
That she had lived
A thousand and one
Days under the sun
Naked
Happy
And Free
I wondered how great it would be
To be naked like that tree
Don’t forget to nurture your soul
…
You lost your pieces
Those that made you, you
And now you wander
Forgetting what you loved
To do
Trust is key
She said she wasn’t hungry
The things that could never fit within a bag, are the things I desperately wanted to pack
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I used to trust the shield
I’d create around me
As she told me
ุณูุงู ู ููู ู ู ุฑุจ ุฑุญูู
I told myself those words
Over and over
As I passed a terrorist stop
As I passed the bombed car
As I closed my eyes to sleep
…
But now I’m safe
Away from it all
And I say those words again
Salamun wa qaulun min rabin raheem
“Peace from a merciful God”
And I hope to rest
Forgetting what I can not forget
Stranger Paths 