Arab Canada News

News

Fragments by the poet Ahmed Jumaa

Fragments by the poet Ahmed Jumaa

By Arab Canada News

Published: April 5, 2022

Fragments..

You say you are not beautiful,
so do butterflies lie
when they stand on
your eyes?!
//
While we were busy talking
our hearts went out
for a walk!
//
You hate me?!
So why do you feed my heart
that takes the form of a bird
and lands every morning
at your window?!
//
You are like a dagger
neither of you hurts;
for each of you there is a sheath
accustomed to stabbing!
//
I wanted to be the last hand
that you shake
before your departure;
the door handle!
//
I will disappear..
leaving in your chest a wolf that howls
whenever in your memory
my image is complete!
//
You are there trying to tear your picture
that I sent you,
and I am here kissing the camera lens
that took your picture!
//
The wall you built between us,
I found a hole in it,
watching you from there:
my heart!
//
You appear from the window
like a prayer, 
when you finish,
the window folds its shutters;
secured!
//
In your red dress,
you burn the eye of the world eager
for the taste of your dance!
//
Created from my rib; 
to discipline my heart
if it rebels!
//
I hide from my age 
that chases me,
behind your smile!
//
A worm
and the eyes of passersby bark,
because of a dead heart
in your chest!

Comments

Open in ACN app Get it on Google Play Get it on App Store
Open in ACN app Get it on Google Play Get it on App Store