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When gloves and masks became our daily attires, and aeroplanes were grounded like birds with broken wings; when love lost its sensuality, and the frost of isolation gnawed on our souls; when no one prayed in mosques and churches, and no one attended birthdays, weddings, and funerals; when death rode swiftly, secretly, on the wings of an invisible monster, and danced in the crevices of our, gasping, lungs; when time, unlived, turned stale like unused fruits in our fridges, and no one noticed a blooming spring; when we spent our days and nights, idling, talking about angst and boredom, about deaths and wills, about the spread of a contagion; we all clung to the straw of life with hand washing, and social distancing. 29/04/2020 ©️ https://www.poeticnoesis.com/ How I saw you
How I saw you, a new age Cleopatra With an Instagram profile, Standing on the steps of a Sufi mausoleum. A solitary moon, over the Baḥr Al-Nil, Surrounded by longing, stars, followers. A revelation, pregnant with Beauty, mischief, mystery, and wisdom. How I saw you, a blessing, delivered On the sill of the stretched nights, To read you like a poem, to watch you Move your hands and lips, To see the magic, unveiling, in your playful eyes, To smell your, inner, fragrance, To taste your, Mediterranean, mellowness, To hear you like an Azan. How I discovered you carrying, a soul Of the Anath , roses in one hand and a lance in another. How I saw you becoming A sprinkle of dew For the arid fields of my mind. How I saw you triggering A new Odyssey Filled with Pyramids of joy and tribulations. -Notes 1. Bahr Al-Nil is an Arabic name for the River Nile 2. Anath (Anat) was a Semitic goddess of love and war. ©https://www.poeticnoesis.com/ |
PoemsThese poems have been previously published in various literary journals, magazines, books and anthologies around the globe including the UK, the USA, Ireland and Canada.
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