An idea dived into my head
taking my sanity in its stead
It seemed so bright
promising to thrill and delight
That getting a new wife
is like getting a new life
So on it I looked to act
This dream hoping
would soon become a fact
As I knocked on every door
I was knocked on every floor
transformed from rich to poor
The dream to fantasy transformed
permeating through my very core
But I found no wife and no life
just a tail chasing world
with a tale for every lost tail
that was too quick to catch
and a life passing as we watch
fantasies tattering with our
clothes
With empty homes and broken doors
empty pockets and empty hands
eyes and throats drying like
barren lands
As I weep my heart and its
emotions
A chunk of humanity wades the oceans
Looking for kind hearts with caution
Hoping - praying with sincere devotion
For safety from power's corruption
as friend and former neighbour
Through hate will toil and labour
To displace and inherit their place
They plea as we turn our face
Will we help or play on race
Life turns to another eventful day
seeing many with weapons at play
Firing, bombing, shelling, another fray
Miseries becoming the new fate
Where are we on this date?
are we deaf to the screams?
Sanitised through backlit screens
are we desensitised in our confusion?
deceived that miseries are an illusion?
The world wreathes in pain
look, it is clear and plain
don't a lie entertain
Normalcy you should not feign
Change begins with me
I have to set my heart free
break the worldly shackles that be
Look around for pains to ease
can we work together on this: Please?
Keysar Trad (c)
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