المــارد و القــنديــل

كلمــة علـى قـــارعـة الطـريـق

جـــاثـمة, مــاكثـة عــلى قـــلبي

أًًَُُنـــاجـي بهــا الــــرفيــق

و دُعـــــاءٌ أُمـــدّدُ بــهِ صـبري و بصــري

!وطـــــــــــــــــن

إسـتــنــفذتُ كـل أشــكــال التــصفـيف

,و تــــاه كـــلبــي

فـَضَــــلَّ القــطيــع كلاً فريـــقٌ فريـــق

حدب ظـــهــري و صـدأ ســيفــي

!وطـــــــــــــــــن

صـَــيحــة أمّ أحدثـــت فــيَّ جــرحــا ً عمـــيــق

و دمـــعــة صــبــيِّ عــربــي

ســـــاكنـــة, مــعــناهــــا أيـضــاً عمـــيــق

قــــاتــلــة أمـــلــي فــي الأمـــل, جـفّ مــدادي

!وطـــــــــــــــــن

رعـــاع يـــتـنــافســـون و يــتــنــفسـّــونَ الــنــّـهــيـق

...و وُلاة أمــــري

أمــــرهــم ضـــائـع بــيـنَ زفــيــر و شــهــيــق

هــكذا عــنــونــتُ ســـفــري

!وطــــــــــــــــــن

مــن أنــتِ حـــتــى تــكــونــي تاريخي الــسّــحـيـق؟

مــن أنــتِ حـــتــى تــكــونــي ســــرّي؟

كــــلـــمــة تـــبحــثُ عـــن شـــقــيــق؟

أم ســــلطـــان يـــروضُ فــكـــري

!وطـــــــــــــــــــن

تــمــنــيــتُ روحــــي فــي الـــمــنــجـنــيــق

تـُــقــذ َفُ بـــعــيــدا عــن جـــمــارك اللــوبــي

تـُــنــســنــي مــن الـــجــلاد و مــن الــرقـــيــق

...لــن أخــجــلَ مـــن عـــيــوبـــي

.ســـئـمــتُ مــنــكَ يــا وطــــــــن



K-man

Alberta, Canada

The ride

On a December night,
Over the Hills of Virginia
Under the sound of rain drops;
My tires were dancing a piece of Tango
High beams were shooting pictures
And scenes;
While the wipers were coyly
Waving at the crowd…

I wanted to go the extra mile
To disclose my path’s print
To cross the age of mint,
For so long I’ve been waiting
I’ve been fetching for my stolen
Laughter…
And the sigh that comes after.
Lucky you, I am saving your file

The vibes of the Tango
Were alluring me to track the moves
All way down to Latin America
Before meeting the next curve
‘Coz I missed my laughter,
And the sigh that comes after.

As the night fades away
I swung to a strawberry farm
Covered myself with the scent of a wild mango
Expecting her to arise with the coming day
’Coz she once wrote a symphony
And yet, she’s not the performer!

Good night Virginia
The circuit ends here
The tank is getting drained
And my trip competes with the trees still
What to refill?
Your need or your wish?
Huh, you wish!

K-man (Charlotte)
Amelies French Bakery

Permanent Press

Loved you once through Joy,
Innocence and ploys
Hopping over time,
Didn’t feel the norms
Nor aware of storms…
Climb infant, do climb
Enjoy all your toys,
‘Cause once,
I used to bear your noise.

Loved you once through smiles
Ticks from me,
And waves from miles
Didn’t sense moments
Numb to opponents…
Fly little one, do fly
Enjoy all your styles,
‘Cause once
I was familiar with your aisles.

Loved you once through tears,
Ache and peers,
Crafting shades over years,
Didn’t consider tomorrow
Indeed, I had to borrow…
Fear child, do fear
Reconcile your cheers,
‘Cause once
I hardened to be near.

Loved you once through passion
Naked thoughts and compassion
Paddling fine with the curves
Didn’t reflect on deepness
Nor did I play chess…
Pound my heart, do pound
Take note of all your beats
‘Cause once
I yearned to expire beneath your breath.


K-man
5.30 am
NC