'UNSEEN POETRY' FOR THE HOLIDAYS

David Morisset's 'Unseen Poetry' collection is available at Amazon, Kindle, iBooks, Smashwords and other book sellers.   The poems explore the natural beauty of Australia's east coast, mental health issues, love and politics.

'SOMAYYEH' ON YOUTUBE

SONG OF BATACLAN

All I want is a chance

At a better life,

I need refuge from evil men

Who oppress me and my wife.

All I want is my child's equal share

Of the riches you worked for,

That your fathers died for,

An equal portion, no more.

All I want is more for me

And more than you gave

When you took me in,

For it is more and more I crave.

All I want is to live in the ways

I left behind in my homeland,

But all of you racists

Claim this is your own land.

All I want is the death

Of you who oppose my god,

And I want what I once fled;

Why does that seem so odd?

Explanatory note:  This blog post is a poem.  It is not a news report and it is not a statement of opinion.  Rather it is an expression of bewilderment that seeks to highlight everyone’s vulnerability to manipulation by forces and events beyond our comprehension.  And, by the way, in my opinion, the agents of terror in our world are not all Muslims.

RESTING IN PEACE WITH YOU

When I gave in to sleep,

And dreams, last night,

I had not expected

To rest with you;

And yet you were there,

Head on my shoulder,

Us, cuddled up,

Your hair black, almost blue.

You were not the young woman

I once knew -

Rages of age

Around your dark brown eyes,

Circles of sad defeat

That begged kisses -

And yet your beauty could still shock,

Surprise.

First I was shy,

Wishing for a disguise,

Much as I'd been back then

In paradise,

Then I heard your confession

From your mouth,

Your voice no longer laughing,

But so wise.

Then, ecstatic, I woke,

Reached out for you,

But you are in your grave,

And I am too.