Broken Convent Poem by Nassy Fesharaki

Broken convent

Had dream and mother
Told me: "I am tired,
So many children? ! "

Earth said and complained:
"They broke the convent! "

According to her words
Man had age to live, die:
"Fifty; but lives twice! "

And women giving birth
Were to be divided
Some healthy, few dead:
"That law is broken!
Why to have children
That are deaf, disobey? "

She spoke nonstop,
I heard her lullabies:
"They live and multiply
Like insects, like locust,
Single egg brings eggs,
Their number keeps climb
while death goes further down,
Can't feed them anymore,
My world is living hell,
Either I, or my kids
Must depart, time to leave! "

"Oh, mother…" I told her:
"I love you as you were,
With fruits and jungles,
Lush, green, much water
Cascading everywhere,
I hate dam and channels
Taking seas prisoners
Of metal, plastic…"

I asked her with plea:
"Send diseases to kill! "