The Walkway of Life
The Walkway of Life
By: Wessam Karam
On the walkway we build our dreams
Dreams not associated with that of today
Today never to exist in our scoop of plans
Obviously we are too occupied with that of morrow
On the walkway we build barriers
Berlin Wall if I may narrate
Building hate and rage for years to come
Concluding: “all and all is just another brick in the wall”
On that walkway history have witnessed before
Unpleasant events, anticipating never reoccurring
Written down on so many books, which few have read!
Falling into the past, as we build our dreams on that walkway
On that walkway the lovers would hold hands
Planning together beyond realm building castles so tall
Driven into marriage and bond to love and cherish one another
Soon to break up on that walkway, hands never to hold one another
On that walkway you meet some friends
Brotherhood, pledge you praise to be molded
A sudden blow that kills ought to derive - away with trust!
Friendship never has the same gist, plastic amity ever to be
On that walkway we hummed for freedom
Echoing back so many forms of freedom
Lost we are of which system to indicate
Falling once more to tyranny we brought to be
On that walkway we gazed deep into the sea
Hoping our lives no longer exist to be
For our dreams are our worst enemies
Thus you nudge away the thought yet to bout o'er
On that walkway I ask for love, love of today
For today soon to fall out with every sunset
Not to rise ever again, on the next sunshine!
Plans we can make but as real as it takes
On that walkway we can share love
Doesn’t need time or effort or plans
Simply to love and fight hate
Love is religion and religion is fate
Let’s stop fighting in the name of causes
Which we will never live to see it arouses
For our tender care and knowledge of how to shrub
Is scarce, expecting bounties is hard to clasp
On that walkway
History can become today,
As today may perhaps last a while,
If we live day by day
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