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Dominian of Life

The journey of life encompasses extreme emotions

From depression, to betrayal, to exhiliration.

Starting from worst to best in order to end on a positive note

We begin at the lowest times filled with darkness:

An abyss of desolateness that propels you into a whole

Whirlpool that sucks you into a vortex of helplessness.

Don’t succomb to it!

Shout out your power and suppress anything that depresses it!

Betrayal is next, it’s the real-estate of a state of extreme

Emotions overpowering your selfworth and take

You into a sepulcher of pain trying to negate Its influence.

Accept it, face it, then leave it in a chest,

Locked, chained, and sealed with the hardiest

Of mannacles that are intangible, but bind none the less!

Your exhiliration comes with success in overcoming failure,

Cheer in the face of animosity, changes that come before

You are ready, but there regardless.

Facing the challenges of change can be charmless,

Or it could be an exultation so overpowering it renders

Your fear into miniscule object that has a suppressor.

Let life’s challenges be what strengthens who you are,

Let it assert its dominion over those ‘Nay Sayer’,

Never succumbing into the blackwhole of despair.

Let your faith in yourself be your real-estate rather than a betrayer.

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Voices Rise Not Hide

I’ve been sitting on the deck watching the fog

Creep out into the perilously darkened sky,

Waiting for winter’s cold to seep and hibernate in a log.

Even the tree trunk stops its growth and its leafy

Dress has fallen on the ground, food for worms

And other creepy crawlers that abide insides.

With covid spreading, killing, and scaring humanity,

Its many mutations vying for attention, probably,

Many feel the need for hibernation as long as no solution

Exists for man’s protection. Pharmaceutical companies competing for vaccination

Uncaring of side effects on man’s Health.

What fiction!

Holidays come and go without a cheery spirit.

We long for a time when we just drove to our

Destination, uncaring to where or with whom we’re

Meeting up with , as long as we meet, communicate,

Discuss, argue, chill, and amuse one another

With nothing but our presence and care!

Never forgo the need to stay in touch with your

Humanity that’s strained while you hibernate for

Fear of sickness, racism, and oppression reign!

Let them combat each other while our compassion

Rises to the fore, fights, wins, then rests in faith and religion.

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Oh father

Farther, frantic, frivolous, funny

Arbitrary, amazing, amorous, angry

Terrified, terrific, tutor, tumble, true

Healing, hearty, heavenly, hotheaded

Embrace, empower, enormous, encouraging

Rare, rowdy, resolute, resolved, remembered

All of these and more apply to a Father.

A day a year is never enough to appreciate

All he does for his family. Sacrifice is his middle name,

Silent support is his first, Power and strength are his last name,

A pillar of wisdom is his endgame.

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Sightless Eyes

The light of hope has been extinguished from

The eyes of the Lebanese people who are forlorn,

Dejected, and lost, as their leaders fight amongst

One another for scraps of power and money, uncaring about the angst

They cause their people, followers, and peers

To bleed out their hope in sweating doing their jobs.

The last vestiges of divination that a future is possible

Have dissipated with the smoke of the last port explosion

Rendering the once brilliant gazes, now flat with the notion

That justice, equality, freedom of speech,

Acquisition of human rights, even, love, honor have a reach

In which they have a material value rather than ethical.

How, oh how, will such oppression be abolished?

Replaced with honesty, selfworth, acceptance,

And realization that we, as a people, matter!

We matter to ourselves, loved ones, mostly: God!

These hardships are testing the believers of good

And those traveling the ‘right path’ will find hope

Where they least expect it and sweep away their troubles.

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Life’s Beatings

Some say: ‘It’s easier said then done’;

Others have similar sayings, with a different turn.

Lebanon, the saying goes: ‘ He who gets beaten

Down isn’t the same as the one who counts the beatings’.

Whether you take this literally or metaphorically

It seems logical that the one being beaten constantly

Feels the pain and heartache at a different level

Than an observer, sympathizer, or companionable

Friend or family member. It’s understandable

That being the recipient of such bad deeds affects

Not only the constitution of the person, but also

His character traits alter, his mood vacillates,

His very being shifts into negativity, unconscious

Of the act of changing till someone wakes him/her

Up to their behavioral substitutions that aren’t a part of you.

Ever! Don’t wait so long for things to become insurmountable,

Identify the cause of your beat down, face the indomitable

Obstacles that seem too solid to be broken down

And resolved as an entity. ‘Divide and conquer’,

They say, so too should your problems be cleaved

Into manageable parts, so your problems are metamorphosed,

Turned into simpler goals that are easier to be triumphed

Over, boosting your selfconfidence into believing

In your ability to dispatch the rest of the issues revolving

Around the whole that is effortlessly solvable.

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Mission: Escape

Whenever humankind faces existential problems

They have two possible opposing reactions:

Escape the present, and start somewhere else;

Or alter your priorities to advance survival of humanity.

Historically, when Europe wanted to get rid of criminals,

They placed them on a boat to the then ‘savagery’

Of North America, where indigenous people

Roamed freely, thriving without the need

That are imposed by the ‘guests’ who shot

And killed indiscriminately to take over the lands.

From this grew capitalist society that takes

Advantage of its population to grow in powers.

Today, there are no undiscovered territories or unexploited ones.

So … What recourse does humanity have for its survivals?

All that’s left is space, Mars, our closest Neighbor

Is millions of miles away with an uninhabitable atmosphere.

Technology is advancing at such an exponential rate

That a mission to Mars is a proven possibility.

Man’s an ostrich!!!!

He hides from his problems rather than face them!

Instead of spending billions on fixing earth,

He spends hundreds of billions on space travels.

How can we progress if we can’t solve our obstacles?

Civilizations will die down because of this,

And people’s acceptance of change is in paralysis.

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Winter Wonders

Winter has finally set in!!!!

Snow covers the grounds, while you fall in.

Next day, ice sets in!

It crunches under your heals, as you’re thrown in

The icy weather that blankets the ground to win.

The icy wonderland whites and crystals reign

As we tobogan, having fun, again.

And as always, on your way home, you watch the plane

Flying passengers to the warmth of the sun.

My heart says: ‘Never again!’

‘Shall I pass this road without the wonder

Of flight and drizzle following my thunder.

I reach for its boisterous boom, all aflutter,

Hoping that with each step I learn about myself and the other.

The best knowledge to impart is to always be kinder.

Kind towards others,

Loving to family,

Respectful to colleagues and strangers,

Honest with yourself, fully

Understanding yourself and the need for your piety.

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Long to Belong

Lately the day is long and the night’s moon

Brightens the darkness like a loon.

It reminds me of the times I change my tune

So that friends and family stay with me, in tune,

With my needs for their support, strength, love.

The harmony within is all our closest entourage

Request of us if they truly believe in our being

Just who we are, unapologetic for our strengths

And weaknesses, hoping that both are accepted.

Even if you’re not peer friendly, who cares

As long as your symphony within and without

Portrays who you really are in a bout

That you win as your strength can accept

Either failure or criticism and move forward

To improve upon who you are with your resilience.

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Who Are We?

How do you conceal who you are? How many facets do you portray?

Do you change the way you dress daily?

Do you alter your hair and eye color? Do you vary your tone, whisper, cry, or shout?

Do you add make up to accent different parts of you?

Are you an award winning actor playing a role?

Which part of you are you most protective of?

The real you or the ones you show off?

I’ve said before, but I will say it again: The crux of who you are is hidden for few to view

And bask in your cheer, hope and self-esteem.

Of all the masks you’ve worn over time,

Which do you want to be ‘you’?

Is your identity a bricolage of family, friends, colleague,

Ethnicity, race, religion, and cultural ‘norms’?

What happens to the mask when the identity shatters?

Do you also fall apart, lose control, and spin like a top,

Unknowing what your next mask will represent?

It seems to me, after much consideration, experience

That who you are is reflected in your eyes,

Where your soul reaches out to impose its wisdoms,

In order for self satisfaction and acceptance to

Coexist in harmony with your favorite mask!

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Leaden Heart

With fall comes a boisterous ball

Filled with wild colors, flaming reds that stall

Time and create a feeling that’s heavy in the head.

Worries abound: pandemic, school, health,..

Where to start or stop with the heaviness

That steals your breath?

Money, money, money, materialize and grow in the yard.

Grow into a thick trunked tree and seed me your harvest.

Don’t die out in winter and stop your perpetual

Rejuvenation of yourself, my family, and mine.

Without your harvest my heavy head turns to lead,

My heart turns to steely stone,

And my motivation dies a silent screaming death.