A Simple Stance and Refusal To Dance With Stupidity
A tender heart
is capable of what?
A warm light
in the coldest
and darkest
moonless night;
An embrace
and refusal
of playing
the arrogant
and smart;
I see but then what?
A harmony of
rain droplets
carefully descending
everywhere around
touching our cheeks
offering more of life
and wiping out
tears of deception;
I see! What more?
A reminder
that pain is just a drill
among the drills of life
targeted towards
our weakness and fragility
and meant to make us
feel strong and learn
a daunting lifelong lesson.
I see but then also what?
A tender heart
is capable of courage
Like a noble soldier
Deciding to turn down
an invitation of death.
A candid heart
beating to life
refusing to join
dancing with death
and unwilling to fall
in the trap of taking
desire for love.
- Chokri Omri
(Tunisia, 2021)
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