If I Owned My Soul

 

IF I OWNED MY SOUL

By Beissan Hussein Al Zaghal

I’d call for light if I had a voice

I’d make my decisions if I had a choice

I’d look for truth if I had eye-sight

I’d cry out loud if I had a might

I’d strain for life if I had the strength

I’d raise my hope to an unimaginable length

I’d dream of a world outmost with serene

I’d block all fears turn the page clean

If these words make sense

Then welcome to my world

Where reality is a shock

Where all heard is harsh mock

Where shouts are chocked

Where mere is hope

Where there is no trust

Where all vile is thrust  

Devoid of faith it is

Devoid of passion

Yet filled with anguish

Beware my friend

I advice that you halt for what you’re

About to read is no damn joke

Read my lips for my voice shouldn't be heard

Horror, now, in your eyes

That you cannot disguise

I must make sure you make a meaning

If not then please come back

You eyes need to see

All the forms that hate can take

All the walls love here cannot brake

Surprised are you?

I cannot but smile in rue

For I’d do many things if I owned my soul

I’d be my voice

I’d lead my sight

I’d make my dreams see the light

But, friend, I don’t.