I Am Merely A Stranger Poem by MOHAMMAD SKATI

I Am Merely A Stranger



I am a stranger I am like this, so I look for a place to reside in it I look for a place in an oyster's shell I look for a place in a grain of sand I look for a safe haven in a spike of grain I look for a place on a passing cloud I look for a place in a pretty word I look for a place in a drop of rain I look for a place in a place called 'The Suicide Rock' I look for a place inside a pretty flower I look for a safe place in a whale's mouth I look for a place on top of the pretty moon I look for a place even in Al-Shashma I look for a place even inside a hard rock I look for a place even among the dead people's tombs, or even I look for a place anywhere and everywhere because I don't Care as long as I am a stranger in this world.

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