Thank you, administrators, for the accolade. Your work is highly appreciated.
A Well Told Tale
As September flows with fall
Leaves, school starts, and students
Congregate together in circles that ball
Their hatred into sweetened scents,
Like fall spiced cakes melting
In the palate, but goes down like
Knives tearing away confidence, striking
The most vulnerable to rise above them as they hike
Away, fleeing the hurt, depression
That steals away their happiness,
Cheer, and optimism inflicting compression
Of the heart into heated coal, unless,
Unless I come to the forefront
With an uplifting anecdote that reveals
The impunity of the instigators whose font
In capitals, try to keep their popularity that feels
Like actors on show, who need
Evidence of their power over
Others, while my short tale told
Them both that intellect and humor
Rise above vanity and inflicting pain,
As my travail reveals their shortcomings
As one hurts, while the other gain
Insurmountable damage to their self-images.
As they let my intervention sink in
The depressed learns a lesson
In strength to overcome negativity in
A world that seems to require it, as would any prison.
©️Malak kalmoni chehab ©️
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518
Poetry for Change 