Bossaso Poem by Nassy Fesharaki

Bossaso

Was forced and retired,
Opened my business,
In Dubai, Emirates.

Thanks to the mean clowns,
Faced many ups and downs!

Came along Andre,
A Russian, as fisher,
Seeking help, partner.

With Latif's suggestion,
Unaware of the depths,
Consulted ex-students,
And agreed, accepted…

I saved some snake-eggs
That grew with venom!

Lived in depths of forest,
A proud tree I was raised,
This was fuel on the fire.

Ruthless were the flames,
Burned me down to ashes.
Fell in mouths of pythons,
Iranian, Russian, Emirate's!

United were devils
In causing disaster,
Of Bible, Revelation.

Kidnapped, kept me in sea,
On trawlers I lived.

Ahmad Eisa, Somalian,
My worker, saw, witnessed,
Suggested Port Qassim:
"Can take him over there! "

We planned, in secret:
"Rent a dhow and escape,
To Iran, go further…"

I would meet Armenian,
Customer, the woman
That owed me in thousands.

"Take money and spend
To hire kidnappers
And send them to village
Of Iran's president,
Find nephew and capture."

Connected with judges
Nephew was corrupted,
They sent me to the jail.

Ahmad said with smile:
"Bind him tight, very hard
And load him in the trunk,
Ship him to Persian Gulf,
Then after is my job…! "

He in ship, goes across
Persian Gulf and Oman
To the wide-open seas,
All the way to Aden,
To the Bandar Qassim.

"That is my birthplace,
Grew there to young age,
And know it quite well! "

Ahmad posed, repeated:
"Your part is to get there,
And the rest we handle…"

Though it was dangerous,
I liked such adventures...

I took the first step
Came changes in my way.

I ended behind bars,
And with it, further loss.

I have lost all my life,
Children and my wife,
From then, until now.