Poem 117: Condemned Poem by Samer Madbak

Inside of me
A myriad fires
Are lit
The cords of misery
Are firmly knit
How oft I laved
In flames of foul desires
In founts depraved
Many a time
I touched the Pit
Lo! How my life is galled
Is moored in mud
In slime
Oh! Why did I that Man enfold
Embrace
That holy face
How could I’ve underpriced
That sacred blood
And hauled
A king upon disgrace…
Inside my core
The loops of woe are spliced
When will I cease to bore
The side of Christ? !


Kaslik
August 30th 1996