Driss Ezzireg Poems

All men are created equal
All men are created coloured
Black, white, yellow, red and even blue!
All men have dreams, too!
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Smile in the face of fear.
Smile when death is near.
Smile in the face of oppression
The way you do showing compassion.
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A brave little fish flew out of water
And dived straight into the sky
He gasped as he hit the icy air
And drowned before he knew why.
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No light ever comes from naught,
Light surges from darkness fought.
No true hope comes from nowhere,
Hope is sun to darkened despair.
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Secrets I have gotten like all.
Like everyone sometimes I fall
And when I'm compelled to the wall
Lies I use, but no surrender!
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Sick and tired I lie in bed, not knowing what to do
To break the monotony of being sick and tired
And not knowing what to do to break the monotony….
Of myself I am sick and tired and don't know what to do...
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"Find your way among the humble",
My father used to say.
He lived humble.
He died humble.
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As winds cry in dry lands tearlessly
As lions sweep the barren plains hungrily
As clouds sail in gray skies aimlessly
I, an aimless soul hungry for beatitude,
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Such was the thing
That struck me like lightening,
That hurt me like parting,
That bled me like suffering,
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This world is a big prison
With high surrounding walls.
We're trapped,
We're strapped,
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