Those
Eyes
By Casem AbuLughod
Those eyes, watching with fright
I see them as they see me
Hidden in darkness and in the light
From the shadows setting them free
Those eyes, what is the cursed line?
A frigid hand of midnight air
Reaches for my spine
And then pulls me by the hair
Those eyes, those life-forsaken eyes
Watching me endlessly
Telling me to stop the lies
The ones that continue ceaselessly
Those eyes, of those passed on
Dying of oppression, hatred and bigotry
Implore me even though they've gone
To stand up and fight the worlds misery
Those eyes, they are there
Always there to remind
Of many an affair
To which our history does bind
Those eyes, watching you and me
An ever present reminder of tragedy
He appears over the hill
Each morning brightening
Everything around including my sill
He jumps up into the sky laughing
As he floats up and around until
He disappears in the evening
Then his sister will float over the hill
Quickly she hurries, her head always turning
And she is searching still
As he is still running
Casem Mohammad AbuLughod aka CMA
Fuming thoughts bustle about
Angry mouth begins to pout
The steam of boiling belief begins to build
Disappointment grows as tear ducts are filled
Frustration is expressed
A gasp or a sigh as the matter is pressed
Explanations won't work
As thoughts are caught in a gloomy murk
Nothing is right because everything is wrong
Oh turn it off, that booming gong
A steady beat that shatters the skull
All stop with their own thoughts to mull
The Black Beret
my brain is lax
all systems are slumped
i am not at my max
i am not pumped
neurons are holding their fire
my thoughts have stopped
my mind is caught in a quagmire
everything has flopped
that inner light in a box is locked
darkness fills my head
in truth as a writer i am blocked
all ideas have fled
Casem Mohammad AbuLughod
