We kick them out so we can
fill the silence with nonsense;
_____a friendship dwindled
_____into the vestige of a dream.
The hallway stretches ahead
once more like a phone call
lagging a world in between.
Letters scratched off cereal boxes;
a life crammed into
the distance of a scream.
still dusty from the rubble;
the ones that made it will do.
Those missing, have done their job;
they'll remain somewhere
in a sentence, in a thought.
Incomplete sentences are sentences,
too, in some languages
where the dead have names.
But for now, only hint at them--
you never knew them,
they never knew today.
Stick the alphabet, one after the other,
down the graves
where the soil is supple still.
One day a sentence will begin again
written with characters
they once knew.
They spelled their names
with all the voices of the earth
in a corner where the shadows never heave.
fill the silence with nonsense;
_____a friendship dwindled
_____into the vestige of a dream.
The hallway stretches ahead
once more like a phone call
lagging a world in between.
Letters scratched off cereal boxes;
a life crammed into
the distance of a scream.
Replay the rhymeWelcome the words back
like a country expecting
like the waiting,
____recurring
__________recurring
_____recurring,
__________recurrin'.
still dusty from the rubble;
the ones that made it will do.
Those missing, have done their job;
they'll remain somewhere
in a sentence, in a thought.
Incomplete sentences are sentences,
too, in some languages
where the dead have names.
But for now, only hint at them--
you never knew them,
they never knew today.
Stick the alphabet, one after the other,
down the graves
where the soil is supple still.
One day a sentence will begin again
written with characters
they once knew.
They spelled their names
with all the voices of the earth
in a corner where the shadows never heave.
12 comments:
"One day a sentence will begin again
written with characters
they once knew."
is it cheap or cheating to repeat the word of a poet back to him?
when they remember you, ashraf, they'll remember this one.
May they Rest In Peace, in a much better place .
your name is awfully familiar, I am sure we meet before...
Katy, dear, I don't think it's cheap. But thanks for the flattery (me likey!)
Mar, yes, more and more I believe that, sadly.
Ghassan, if I am not mistaken we were partners in the physics lab at AUB. Right?
Ah... maybe.
very nice posts by the way.
Thanks, Ghassan!
Thanks for your beautiful Blog I added your url on mine. Cheers. And keep struggling for your country. Ben
So much imagery weaving in and out like life morphing into new realities with a magician's touch. As you can see, your poem is thought provoking. Well done.
Great Poem Ashraf... I think you speak for all of us. At least you portray my feelings better than I am able to these days.
Ben, Jo, Z: Thank you so much!
Ben, I love your cartoons! I added a link back (I know I have to work on my categories and organization of links; some other time...)
Jo: I added a link to your blog, too; welcome to the Carnival!
Ziad, linked from way before ;)
you are too mate!
Great poem Ashraf! I rode the sorrow laced with hope all the way to it's logical end.
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