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The Late Night

The Late Night

As I drove all through the late night
I came into the street of the living that were dead
And dined with the chef of the dead that lives
They breath the same and speak the same
But they see not the same as they speak that they speak
The dead wished they had prepared well for death
And lived all through the peace of time that was ceased
But the living wished they could stay alive
And lived all through the bounty of treasures buried beneath

As I drove all through the late night
I ran into a siege of freedom and freedom of siege
And dined with the prisoners of siege and prisoners of freedom
They breath the same and speak the same
But they see not the same as they speak that they speak
The prisoners of the siege wished they were freed
To live a life like those that are free
But the prisoners of freedom wished they could
Be freed from the fear of those they besieged and live like the free

As I drove all through the late night
I drove through conscious and guilt
I drove through courage and fear
I drove through hatred and love
I drove through war and peace
But all they speak were of the living that would die
And washed and buried in pleasurable pain
As I drove all through the late night
I drove through the souls of painful memories that seek to be freed

Copyright © Hamza Muhammad | Year Posted 2021


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Date: 12/17/2021 5:01:00 AM

Thanks for sharing this... Welcome to Poetry Soup. Meanwhile, I welcome you with God's love expressed in the Bible's John 3:16:"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Merry Christmas! God bless you.
Date: 12/14/2021 5:52:00 PM

This poem is amazing Hamza. I really loved how each verse was riddled with figurative language that flowed smoothly and naturally until the very last line :)

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