Omar Omri Poems

my heart bleeds,
my mind flees,
my soul pleads,
my spirit frees,
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tonight,
like every other one,
I look up to the sky
hoping I'd see the stars.
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Of God I asked, 'who art someone who giveth his life for a fellow',
He said, 'friend'.
I asked of someone I can lay my life for,
He answered, 'your true friend'
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Most thoughts told her she heed not.
When I whispered into your right ear.
it may go out through the left;
If I whisper into your left ear,
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Fii Jan-aa-tin naa-iim
These days go by.
As time flies,
even lines lie;
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From Jos, Nigeria,
It's Somalia of Africa.
In the United States it was a white Christmas
over our Divided Land we experienced the darker brother.
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When you allow someone into your heart
a part you reserve for him/her.
when your heart is broken,
he/she forever takes that part away.
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Even the earth paid for the remains
She offered six feet into her body's depth
In exchange for fertility
The termites sought for ancient understanding
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