Diabolical Truce Poem by Nizar Sartawi

Diabolical Truce

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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)

Diabolical Truce
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Topic(s) of this poem: love
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Jazib Kamalvi 23 December 2018

A refined poetic imagination, Nizar. You may like to read my poem, Love And Iust. Thank you.

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Anwer Hafiz Helal 11 November 2018

Amazing Congratulations💐💐💐

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Anwer Hafiz Helal 11 November 2018

Amazing Congratulations💐💐💐

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Dave Walker 31 October 2018

Love does not know race colour or religion, Love only knows love. A great poem.

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Nizar Sartawi 31 October 2018

Thanks Dave. Love is love is love (as Emily Dickinson wrote: A rose is a rose is a rose.

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