spacious writing......

i am writing on one line and skipping many

a refuge for all the mothers running

from the heavy steps of

the strange soldiers

who poisoned  the moon and the tranquility

and ripped apart the night

with their cruelty..

i am writing on one line and skipping many

for my memories to dance

putting out the fire of fear in those huts

freeing the imagination of the children

that didn't see the daylight of peace .

i am writing on one line and leaving many

for the prayers that

the hope will not be chocked

by  my miserable words

and the sad stories

that wrapped our homes

i am writing on one line and skipping many

a place for your thoughts to embrace mine

and  the acceptance to be our bond

a sanctuary for the words to grow into 

poems  of justice , freedom and peace

 a place for our future to defy the darkness of the present

and we know .......me and you 

that with faith we can defeat them all

i am writing  on one line and skipping many

a space for us  .. a break from life ... a time for reflection

where distortion will be examined under the light

and the secrets we are hiding from the heart will be revealed

 where our words will stop whispering to each other

and speak freely to the world

without the chains of shame

or the pain of silence

so come on

lets resurrect the good in our souls !!

i will continue writing and skipping lines

so you can live the birth of joy

love , rage ,truth ,lies

and all faces of life

between my amateur letters

between the lines !!!

and i hope you will do so

because " one hand cant clap alone"

Ismail A. Ali

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