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Disciple

Disciple

       I close my eyes to pretend
       you are with me
       my hand reaches into the empty place
       where you have not been
       still I feel you are near
     
       I have not stopped looking for you
       this timefull trance suspends me
       in an unforgiving mess of lost intention
       instead of following
       I'm sitting on a wooden bench
       watching time dial around the unmoving center

       the woman behind the glass calls me
       she leads me along a yellow hallway
       little nameplates are blank beside the doors
       one opens    I enter
       two chairs    a small desk
       picture of a waterfall on the wall
       behind where I sit

       it's the second time I've been here
       and the second time I'll leave
       without knowing why I came
       or where I'll go to find you

Politics In My Motherland

Whoever comes to power
Becomes somewhat dictator
They don’t care about people’s demand
It’s a hard fact in my dear motherland

Most of them make black money 
And deposit in foreign banks
But they pretend they are good people 
And the greatest think tanks

They disgrace the political rivals
Even if they are blameless
No matter what; they want to remain in power 
They are so shameless

When a new political party comes to power 
They abandon projects of the previous governments
They change the nameplates of public institutions
They give promotions to their obedient civil servants

They dishonor national heroes
To become heroes themselves
They do more harm than good to the country
They are like some wicked elves

They go for pilgrimage with friends and family
All their costs are met by the poor helpless country

They travel far and wide to walk on red carpet 
And see new places 
The country is not benefitted from it 
In most of the cases

They talk tall like they are doing everything they can
While most of them are nothing but shadows of Satan
Form: Rhyme


I Saw Crosses Instead of People

I saw big crosses instead of people.
This sight terrified me and gave a shock.
The crosses had nameplates in the middle.
I gazed at the people on the crosswalk.

I looked at the walking black nameplates 
And tried to read letters and figures.
I could distinguish some pictures and dates –
Dates of their death - written on their graves.

I saw a lot of people on my street –
The walking graves. Where will Fate sow them?
Today they love and hate – their hearts still beat.
Nobody thinks today what will be THEN.

I saw big crosses instead of people.
This sight terrified me and gave a shock.
There was something majestic and sacral 
In the crowd of the crosses which walked.
Form: Lyric

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