Beauty and the Beast

The world....The sky ...The Sun ... The Moon ... The Universe
All knit into a beautiful garment which warms your heart in winter
And caresses your skin with a soft sweet breeze in summer

Our Heart ... and Minds
Our thoughts and dreams
Our lives and feelings

Are the most captivating portrait in the world

Our Ego ... Our Fear
Our Weakness ... Our Greed
Our Hearts ... and Minds

Cannot help but stain the portrait of time

We Learn ... but it's never enough
We watch ... but we miss the essence of it all
We listen ... but no sound is sweeter than our own

We've broken the portrait to create a home

We're lonely ... though we're so many
We're stable ... though we change
We're carefu ... yet we lose way

We've wasted our time and ravisged our days

The symphony of life ... echoes in our mind
The light of dawn ... and the returning sunshine
The morning birds ... and a gift of time

As we dance to the tunes of our evil crimes

Persistant Guilt ... and blatant openess
Consistent theories ... Chaotic divergeness
too many variables ... too little time

We are the beasts of ancient times

Dead n Breathin

I'm old .... older than time itself
I've provided all i got and still provide

I've fed you ... held you and sheltered you from harm
I've loved you ... protected you and kept you warm

I've stayed for you when everyone else left home
Even when i was ravished by others ... i was still your own

I've died in your arms ... as you thought you had awakened
I've watched you realize you were only dreaming

I am your ancient land
I am your mother
I am your water
I am your sky
You have watched me suffer
You have watched me die

and here i am lying in your arms
Dead but still breathing

Swimming with the chicken of the Sea

I'm Shokry the Wannabe
I like to sit in the afternoon on the front porch for tea
I'm a pretentious stuck up nobody
I'm swimming with the chicken of the sea

1 and a 2 and a 3 ...c'mon jump with me
lose those annoying calories
We have to conform to the universal image
We have to swim with the chicken of the sea

Today i changed the font size on a report no one will ever read
I'm labeled as productive george around an office of geeks
work is fun when you set yourself free
and swim with the chicken of the sea

White wine goes with fish and red wine goes with beef
I only visit gourmet restaurants where they tell me "bon appetit"
What can i say i appreciate good food and service
Just as i swim with the chicken of the sea

My boss is the greatest man..who sticks it to me whenever he cans
I tell him he's my ideal model in humanity
and i carry his groceries home for him and take his kids to the nursery
I'm swimming with the chicken of the sea

Door in the desert

what it takes.... what it leaves behind

i saw a tree in a garden .... surrounded by dry yellow sands
It wasn't it's determination to survive which caught my attention
Nor was the fact ...that it was still alive

But there was a black hose right beside it, from which little drops of water flowed
It was being kept alive intentionaly
maybe to look pretty
maybe to provide shade
or maybe for its fruit
But it was still alive in lifeless conditions under some one's watch

We make sacrifices every day...
We accept and tolerate ... to stay alive
in a confinement of the soul ...our bodies continue to survive
under controlled conditions out of our reach

How important is it ...the location where this tree grows?
How crucial is it for the tree to seek a momentariyl moment of existance in a land which feels like home
How can dirt be of such importance
and how can a little drop of water push us into our spiritual prison?

Come sit in the shade

Dogs!

Dogs do not bark because they're powerful it's because they're afraid, and it is such fear that causes them to express themselves with such a primitive method of communication

Dogs maybe man's best friend , but there's a reason why Rabid dogs are shot down....

A dedication to some anonymous reader with the signature Hatem Badr