Where Flowers Are To Be EatenA Poem by BenyoucefNo country is to be hated, people are the ones who scar her beautiful face and make us hate each other, if we live in a rotten world, our kids don't have toIt’s where
the black sweat of the earth Is thought to
be blood And that
liquid through our veins Is thought to
be mud Blood banks
will never supply us In spite of
the flood Yet, here we
are wasting our bullets In vampire
season Here in my
country Where flowers Are to be
eaten It’s where
the line between the sexes Is colored in
pink Because of
law washing religion In a feminine
ink Along with
dishes men are rinsing Their pride
in the sink Amazon is not
a myth And you know
the reason It’s in my
country Where flowers Are to be
eaten It’s where a
pillow is nothing more Than a
colorless wall So when you
sleep your dreams will take An actual
fall Don’t be
surprised when that occurs It’s destined
to all When your
deserves and what you hope Are not even
even You’re in my
country Where flowers Are to be
eaten It’s where
happened more than three strikes But no one
was out Because of
claiming for the right And having a
doubt Stopping
what’s already stopped Is what the
story about And so, the
wheelchair is stuck For this
paralyzed region Which is my
country Where flowers Are to be
eaten It’s where
death is the only drug That is still
safe from expense Compared to
life with all its madness It will
always make sense So when you
find only one spot Where they
have lowered the fence Will you
escape to where you know That life
will not sweeten ? Out of my
country Where flowers Are to be
eaten It’s where a
dream can only be Immaculately
conceived Over here it was
neglected Overseas is
believed And after
all, the dream of dreaming Is what have
been achieved To redefine
sleep is an act Of national
treason Here in my
country Where flowers Are to be
eaten It’s where a
million dead have built All our
leaders and thrones And where
we’re still trying to fly Using
featherless bones Cash can
never be extracted From our
history loans So, grave
digging is still alive Because our
memory won’t weaken Here in my
country Where flowers Are to be
eaten A pretty seed
can only grow To a devilish
plant We know the
way to raise a rose But this
gardener can’t We stay aside
without a job Yet we suffer
and pant And when the
harvest time will come We’ll be
brutally beaten Because those
flowers will eventually Need to be eaten © 2012 Benyoucef |
StatsAuthorBenyoucefAin Oussera, Djelfa, AlgeriaAboutA poet even when I'm not holding a pen, because life is that colorful and emotional, just know where to look more..Writing
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