Day Dream Poem by khidir nasir yasir

Golden sun, blooming flowers and lively meadows,
Greener grasses, hot air balloons and joyful faces.
Beautiful sky, starry night and graceful moon.
Angelic face, angelic voice, milk colored skin.
Flowing hair, silken drapes, bluish eye
And …

{Banging on my door} I jerked.
{Harsh voice} 'Get the hell out you lazy brat, I need you to go to the market'

Mum shouting, dad spanking
Junior crying, sister petting
Goats bleating, dogs barking
The sun is a furnace

Hot air, crazy street, foul stench
Puffs of smoke, acrid smell, unwashed stinking rags
Big craters splattering puddles, the mud, the flies
Refuse in the drainage, littered street and …
The swelling corpse,
I stopped, scared

Ran back in to the house
Sneaked in to the garden
Sat under the flower
Took a deep breadth
Then I dream
Of utopia.