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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