Poems from Fahiru
Though push and pull I follow through
Without thought of death or pain
Though the only thought that's haunting you
Is hope to live again...
What is it which has risked your life and limb?
What blinds eyes, so that you may never see?
All thoughts of kind have brought me thoughts...
You brought me into the world
A year after they said you couldn't.
You gave me a name and a home.
A family, a life
And all the loves in...
There's an old invention
Called a phonograph
It plays ragtime, softly
In the darkened corner.
The colors fade out
And all that bleeds is...
Sometimes the days
Are long
And people
Irksome.
They seem not to realize
What they say
Is blasphemous
And their actions
As poisonous
As the...