Poem 055: Liberty Poem by Samer Madbak

Cast off your jealous eye, remove
Those envious looks, you’re vexing me
If you bear me respect and love
Untie me, love is liberty…
I cannot see how you would call
Your conduct tender sisterhood,
When I perceive a troubled soul
Reflected in your attitude,
If I bestow a grain of care
Upon a lass -for court’sy’s sake-
Or else declare this girl is fair
This did thus, or that one so spake,
This is no passion, dearie, this
Is blind possession, do not bind
My heart, love dies with avarice
But thrives untrammeled, unconfined
Hence, cast off your suspicious eyes
Your zealous peeps are fretting me
You love me? Why then loose my ties
My soul, allow my liberty!


Zgharta
May 16th 1989