Daily Excerpt: Damascus Amid the War (M. Imady) - Pre-war Poems 1-10
excerpt from Damascus amid the War (M. Imady) --
Pre-war Poems 1-10
1. Spring Cleaning
Secretly,
I tiptoed into
The dark chambers
Of my heart,
Swept away the grief and sorrow,
Scrubbed the bad memories out,
Opened up the windows
And let in the sunlight.
***
2. A Thought
It slipped through
my fingers
Fell on the ground
- I heard its cry
echo in my mind-
Desperately,
On knees and elbows
I searched for it
all day
But the thought
Had faded away.
**
3. Last Dance
Politely,
I bowed to
my cares
And asked
them for a dance.
Joyfully …
I swung my
arms around them
And danced them
away.
***
4.
New Hair Style
Feverishly mad
I unbraid my worries
and brush them out.
Wildly I hunt for
my grey thoughts,
cut off the dark split ends
and dye them bright.
***
5.
Fresh Start
One sudden blow
and my feeble, dry thoughts
will shudder and drop.
Blows of rain
will storm my brain
and new blossoms
will break their way
though the rocks.
***
6.
Démodé
I wove my cares
into rich cloth.
Embroidered it
with delicate fears.
Cut it out
into a fine dress.
Then, cautiously,
tried it on.
But, astonishingly, the dress
was too tight at the waist
and the dull colors
didn’t suit my lively face.
***
7.
Happiness
The joy of madness
breaks me apart.
Tips me, painlessly,
over the thorns of life.
8. Madness
To cure the madness
of the world,
you must be mad
yourself.
If not,
beware!
Madness flows and
tumbles everywhere.
Even angels might tip down
and lose their way.
***
9.
Dreams
Soft dreams rush smoothly
In my mind.
Sooth me,
lift me up into the air.
***
10. Thoughts
In my mind –
stormy winds crash through
my cloudy thoughts.
Shake them inside out
And set them loose.
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