Going Nowhere? Poem by nimal dunuhinga

[In a run-down maze of slums with electrical wires and laundry tangled across Cairo's mustard sky, Umm Mohammed,55, put her hands to her face and fell silently to her knees when she heard the news. An Egyptian court sentenced ex-President Hosni Mubarak to life in prison for his complicity in the killing of about 850 protesters during last year's uprising. Once the equivalent of a modern-day pharaoh, the 84-year-old Mubarak is the first Arab ruler to be brought to court by his own people.]-Time


I adjust the sails of my soul-ship
Where that goes?
Push my boat the soft ripples
and I lost my oars?
So far the land not to be seen
And when the darkness gathered
I search the North Star
But all the stars hidden in the dark clouds
Though it's a nightmare
I know the fate of a Dictator should be likewise?


nimal dunuhinga