Walking Down the Difficult Road

Down the difficult road, they harkened to  go before me.  They were sick and tired of being dragged down here And the desert and the palm trees were calling .. The night was so dark  But they heard of no fear .. At dawn,  taken by heat and thirst, down the difficult road,  they burst into tears .. They left the horses in the stable without a prance or saddle And set the mules to rumble so as not to wheedle or muddle They caused everyone to pandle Why life is so hard to handle!  Down the difficult road, they harkened to  go before me.  ~ Chokri Omri (Regueb, Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, 2020)