THE WORLD MIRROR / SHAKE HEARTS
6.6.2017
On the sidewalk
With a piece of chalk
The teacher had forgotten
Then I stole
I have drawn a city
With the white color
I could not use the other colors
So, the black color has overflowed
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They stole my seat
From the pavement
O my friend
The one I had built
With my own life
Let all the tired
Sit on
Poems Soliman al-Sheikh Husain, 2016-2017. Translation from Arabic Shurouk Hammoud, 2017. Painting by Raed Zeno.
Shake hearts column publishes poetry in three languages.