This time
the Synagogue and the Mosque
were resolutely reconciled:
They both agreed…
YES They Agreed
it was a great offense
for this young Jewess
to be in love
with that young Arab from Palestine
or that same Arab
to be in love
with this same Jewess.
Mosque and Synagogue
concurred without hesitancy
that
it was a deadly sin…
A Deadly Sin
for this Arab
and that Jewess
to be wedded,
a deadly sin for them
to live under a single roof,
a deadly sin
to share one bed,
a deadly sin to kiss
to touch
to talk
or even wave,
that at all costs
this
Will Not BE…
Self-willed,
the young couple eloped
to seek asylum
in the Church
they knocked and knocked
on the locked church gate
One click…
and the gate was now securely
double-locked.
The Denouement:
Two corpses lying on the ground
facing the open space
trying to make
some sense
out of a senseless world!
(to be continued… in the afterworld)
Love does not know race colour or religion, Love only knows love. A great poem.
Thanks Dave. Love is love is love (as Emily Dickinson wrote: A rose is a rose is a rose.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
A refined poetic imagination, Nizar. You may like to read my poem, Love And Iust. Thank you.