Insomnia
Severe insomnia
Then, Insomnia.
Where from?
Don’t know —
Scruples of mind
And the mind rebellious,
Awake,
Fumbling in this world
Chasing a mirage.
What does a person think of after they fulfilled their animalistic instincts?
What does a person think of?
Homeland?
Family?
Humanity?
God? Or a higher power?
Or the destruction that accompanies the world?
Or of orphans, who wander amidst destruction?
The tears from a child’s eyes leaves us with one question:
Why? Tell me my friend!
What should a person think of?
When you come to bed, at night,
You close your eyes shut, and when the world is asleep —
All your senses awake in your body.
You wish you were a machine with an on/off button
Turn it OFF! Turn it OFF!
Or you can stay awake and spend the night with the angels.
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ps- I originally wrote this in the early 1990s and published it in my book The Traveler in 2011. I was thinking of home and Palestinian Children.
