Thank you for the honor and your hard work.
Veiled Butterfly
Her veil of flowers and butterflies
Flit around her head as her eyes
Wander into the night skies.
Her beauty shines through
Her astounding eyes of blue,
Framed by lashes of a brownish hue.
Her rosy lips stutter with each
Winged flap, trying vainly to catch
The flight of the butterfly and latch
Onto its fringes and take flight
With her fantasms in direct conflict
With reality’s nightmarish bite.
Her lashes flutter as her revelry
Into a utopian wonder clashes sensibly
With a reality where her veil is horribly
Marred by Stereotypes that bind
Perceptions of beauty of the mind
To terrorist activities that make you grind
Your frustrations for a lack of understanding
And communication that’s building
Roadblocks that inhibit freedom of living.
©️ 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 