The Eternal Heart of Falesteen
by Shadin Atiyeh,
a Syrian-American

 

My home is taken from me

The land scorched

The river dried

The trees rotted

The houses burned to the ground

Their inhabitants, my neighbors

Are no where to be seen

Their deaths I've suffered

Long ago

I'm alone now

Among my enemies and those

That have abandoned me

The sadness is a dark shadow

That sweeps over me

I'm too exhausted to resist it

This was a city

That once flourished

Now it is nothing but

Broken homes and

Broken dreams

My dreams flew away from me

Long ago

The never ending pain is

A weight, its only purpose

Is to press on my aching heart

Yet I know

The heart of Falesteen will always beat


 

 


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