VALEDICTION

Caught among the cacaphony of birds,
And the web of dusty leaves
are the soft rays of the setting sun..
A valediction
The end of the day
A journey
From life to death...
Peaceful graves
Like the placid breaths
of a child fast asleep
Ignorant,unaware,

Some Silent prayers
Some unsaid words
Some irreedemable loss

An unknown fate
Yet so known
An old secret
which everyone knows

A family of four
gather around
their loved ones

Some silent tears
Some fragrant flowers
Some old memories...

Two friends
Sit on a decrepit bench

Some broken talks...
Some scattered thoughts...
Some strange feelings...

A twisted path lined by pointed stones
traverses its way along lonely tombs..
A doleful epitaph
written for a beloved
carved ornately
at the entrance of her last home....

Some last moments
Some lost words...
A farewell.


by zaid al baset