I plead to the world

in

I plead to the world

Stop all forms of violence

Cease the fire of ignorance

Stop the slaughtering of innocent people

In the east and west

In mosques and churches

And everywhere!

 

I plead to the world

I don’t want to raise any more orphans

Weep day and night

I cry to all injustice, “NO!”

NO more wars or selling of guns!

There is NO black, white, red, or yellow 

But rainbows everywhere!

 

I plead to the world

Give me a chance to live my dreams

See my future with my own eyes

Have children

See my grandchildren

Let me live a simple life

And die in peace!

 

By Najat Alshafie

22/3/201

inside out

in

everything is occupying my mind

no one hears the screams of children

agonies of sleepless mothers

in a long lasting nightmare

but me!

 

everything inside out in my mind

hammers breaking the silence of the lambs

but nothing outside!

 

only void spaces

colourless breaths

meaningless crawling days

all horses slaughtered

inside out!

 

hope is dragging its feet

for days and a thousand nights

be patient as a camel

don't hide your head in the sand

inside out!

 

 

by Najat Alshafie

 

To our beloved martyrs

in
fetus

I smell fear in the air

I hear the steps of killers by my door

Shadows watching me night and day

Stabbing my newborn children in the back

Stealing their innocent dreams in the dark.

 

With a serene mind I pray

I pray for everyone in the world to live in peace and joy

I pray you do not smell, feel or hear

what I sense and fear.

 

By Najat Alshafie

17/10/2015