Farewell To All Fears Poem by Muhammad Shanazar

I slept in a dream,
And in the dream I dreamt again,
Men, women and kids
Gathered on a vast plain.
Animals from rats to lions
And from rabbits to elephants,
Moved on the green
Amphitheatre of peace,
Some frisked, basked in the sun,
The wind blew neither too harsh
Nor too slow, soothing
Neither too cold nor too hot.
All creatures moved in peace,
They did not make
The weak their victims,
The lions slept in the sun
Extending their legs,
The baby goats jumped over them
And sometimes stood on
Titillating their backs,
Sniffed their ears and muzzles
As if they whispered
Some unintelligible secrecy.
It was the world of perfect peace,
Where no one hurt the others
All obeyed the rules
Of some invisible Ruler.
Would that this world
Be transformed into my dream!
The world
Where humanity moves
With gashed dripping wounds,
May live in perfect harmony
Bidding farewell to all fears.

By Muhammad Shanazar