Once tickled as a naturalist holding a crustacean…
Now paralyzed as twigs in ruins of Caesarean!
...Just where is dawn ?!
...Just where is dawn ?!
Once sneering at the Sea as stone buildings in
Jerusalem
Now blinded by mixed faiths as clouds above
Bethlehem
...Just where is dawn ?!
Once sprinting uphill as stone-paths in Jaffa
Now tattooed with rust as old quarries in Haifa!
...Just where is dawn ?!
...Just where is dawn ?!
Once soaked in splendor as gardens of Bahai
Now famished underneath as bones of Tel-hai…
...Just where is dawn ?!
...Just where is dawn ?!
Once laughing undercover as a tailor’s bobbin!
Now mute and legless as statue of Rabin!
...Just where is dawn ?!
Once boiling with tales as a Jewish mariner
Now frozen in pain as a broken recliner
...Just where is dawn ?!
Once bleeding with joy as Israeli rockets!
Now clotting in the cold as charred sockets!
...Just where...Just where...Just where is dawn ?!
2012©Meshack Sewe
...Just where...Just where...Just where is dawn ?!
2012©Meshack Sewe
Inspired after touring various historical sites in Israel (Haifa, Telaviv, Bahai Gardens, Jerusalem,Jafa, and Caesarean); a large paintwork of a
sitting-sleeping man in a Telaviv Hotel where we stayed (Medina Hotel), and the dark moments I was going through during those days....as any normal man…..copyright does not include the photo.
9 comments:
Wonderful poem!
Wonderful comment fransk. Thanks for passing by.
THe diversity of images draw me. I have not yet been to Isreal, where holiness of so many religions mingle and so much conflict too. It draws and frightens me. I am most captivated by your line "frozen in pain as a broken recliner."
"where holiness of so many religions mingle and so much conflict too" So true indeed.Many thanks indeed, Victoria for visiting ,and your inspiring comment.
your blog is beautiful :)
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I like this alot!
Thank you Fantasist. I shall definitely visit your blog. @ Daij, I'm glad to hear that, and many thanks indeed.
Very Nice...thoughtful..GOD<3U
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