Satan-yaho

The Butcher and War Criminal of Israel My pen is mightier than his weapons; yours too My voice is sharper than a two-edged sword An English Sonnet

Satan-yaho      by Sami Khalil

An English Sonnet…

All is quiet in the silence of night

As my mind flirted with darkened shadows

Moms creeping on with baby carriages’ flight

Behind hearses of pain and loss arose.

 

Blithe chronicles of crowded and blurry

Faces undefined of mystic strangers

Countless deaths tangled in mess and fury

Strolling my thoughts, clear and present dangers.

 

Pure indulgences of Satan-yaho’s bliss

A cold embrace of revengeful mad strain

Discarding daises in the sacred abyss

Tattered longings of genocide and pain.

 

I, for one see, a sky so grand, broken

As the black nights approach the dawn’s token.

Reviews

[Beren]

Wow what a poem sir!
Images are so powerful, I read all over again.
Meaningful, deep, poignant. What else can I say? 10/10

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! Thank you so much Beren for this outstanding review and kindness. You are valued and appreciated.

[Beren]

I’m not at the level to review your poems but please forgive my youth. I still try my best to be supportive, you are so kind sir

[Sami Khalil]

No worries. We are all different and unique in many ways. Gracie Millee.

[Titilayo Sarah Eguridu]

The pain is palpable.
Truly, one must be in bed with Satan to kill.
Nothing justifies war…it’s cold bloody murder.
Most of the time it’s the innocent that suffer.

[Sami Khalil]

OMG! I agree wholeheartedly with your truthful message. Humans have not learned the lessons of history. Thank you so much Titilayo for all.

[Titilayo Sarah Eguridu]

You’re welcome Sami,
Your work is impactful.

[Sami Khalil]

Thank you kindly. Yours too.

[andrew mitchell]

Nice write Sami , how anger and the helplessness seeps through this write as man in rage is never rational.How these hate wars and religious wars having been going back for centuries to the Spartan days.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! I agree wholeheartedly. Sad but true. Thank you so much dear poet and friend for your details and sharing.

[MCS]

Nicely written and a scary image for sure.

We have good and evil, beauty and ugliness, in each of us. The question is which are we going to choose to lean toward? What are we going to choose to cultivate?

[Sami Khalil]

I totally agree. We are commanded as humans to choose peace, justice, mercy and fairness but hardly any is committed. We must err on the side of compassion and not just caution. Thank you so much dear poet and friend for all.

[Ern M. Yoshimoto]

while i can feel the anger in the subtitle of this work, the text itself is full of tenderness and beauty. nietzsche said, 'while fighting monsters, be wary not to become a monster yourself,' and i hope you heed these words. it seems as though you have, the sonnet here is well-crafted, disciplined, and full of soft expressions. that is not to say you have not stared into the abyss - this verse is not blind to the reality of war and the crimes being committed. how is it that this has happened... yet again... i share your lament.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! So true and well articulated dear poet and friend. I lived in a civil war before and I experienced all of that; looking at our current reality, it can either harden hearts or soften them in empathy. Wars show that man is his own predator. Thank you so much for your love and compassion towards the oppressed, downtrodden and the innocent lambs led to the slaughter. Take care!

[Sami Khalil]

I love your quote; he is one of my favorite philosophical writers.

[redzone]

I think the only thing louder than your righteous poem Sami, is the cries of the Palestinian people, the children running to escape US supplied 2000 pound bombs (called bunker busters), and Israeli stormtroopers who make a game of shooting "moving targets". And now, with the incoming madman here in the US, there is the announced threat of even more devastation. A "black night" has been robbing the Palestinian people of 'sunlight' since 1948 and the Nakba.

Thank you Sami, for this courageous poem and for standing against genocide. I, for one, will gladly stand with you!!
-Curt

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! So true and well articulated. I agree wholeheartedly. I stand with you brother against all mad men, butchers of the innocent, abusers of power and religions ...
Shoulder to shoulder, voice to voice we can confront them.
Thank you for sharing your good heart with the oppressed and downtrodden in this country and the world.
Keep your pen sharp, your truth shinning.

[Sami Khalil]

No one, including Jews, are above any International, moral or divine laws. That applies to any.

[Pete]

the pic darn near knocked ome f my chair and will probably give me nightmares.

"Discarding daises in the sacred abyss"

ugh. wouldn't want to meet hm in a lighted alley, let alone a dark one. leaves an indelible mark.

[Sami Khalil]

Hehehe! So true and well articulated dear poet and friend. If he does not take away your life, he will give you the hebejees. Thank you so much for your visit and sharing.
We pray for peace.

[Pete]

he must be very busy these days.

[Sami Khalil]

He sure is. Blood-sucking for he is blood thirsty.
Dracula incarnate. Lol