The revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya against the tyrants have been overwhelming. As these uprisings are filling many across the Middle East with inspiration, I wrote this poem.
Universal verse
Written with ink of blood
And chants of loving life
Ornamented with thrones of freedom
Roses spread on shrouds and cradles.
Rhymed by bullets defied with screams :
“It’s peaceful, peaceful, peaceful…”
Figures of hope, of love, of salvation
fill the beat with the rise of new generation
Chains breaking, the iron relenting
crack the tone with beautiful redemption
The tirades on screens
of tyrants who lost the feet
and chose to be
the omitted part of
a historic poetry
In universal verse,
I, you, we, is one
ours differences are metaphors united by love
Millions of lines
made poems of and for
death and life…
anger, despair
Night and day…
But today,
Revolutions
sparked inspiration
inflamed passions
and broke fragile façade of fear
and I am no longer written
I am No longer afraid to life
I am no longer afraid to die
I am free to write….
Al-Sharif, 22, studies English literature at the Islamic University in Gaza. She blogs at http://livefromgaza.wordpress.com/.
