Blighted Happiness

Blighted Happiness

Our love is like a withered leaf
That lies on the brink of the river
Waiting for the winds or the waves
To swiftly be scattered and driven
Or for heavy rains or pearling dust
To be abruptly abrogated forever.

Our love like a withered leaf, bleeding,
May stand firm and clasp together
Or, oh Lord! Inescapably sink 
In the sea of oblivion, melting.

Such is our destiny, for tiny souls
Have no rooms where dreams dwell
We walk filled with people’s many
Dreams, desires and fires and still are 
Unable to grasp the meaning of being
Together!  

Douala, January 14, 2013

Jaafar Sadig El Waad
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Ngo Likoum Avatar
March 26, 2015 at 3:08 PM
If our love is so weakened it is obvious that our happiness is ruined
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