I Like My Poem To Be Poem by Atef Ayadi

I like my poem to be
Like a man who
does not give up
On his manhood;
Like a woman who does not
Gives up on her femininity.
So I am steering
Words
In a cup of water.
First!
I want to see how far it goes.
I am thinking how to
create a complete or incomplete Eileen

So I start from there.

and there starts my poem

this how I build it and like it to be

A picture of
A woman,
A child,
I never have,
I may have,
Or possibly I have:
Hey, I am fully human
And everything is possible!
So, I imagine myself in love
With Eileen,
While I am steering my poem
In a glass of wine
-Du Marlo -le vin d’amour.-
I see my face and her face
As the poem descend
And emerges
In and from the red wine.
Ah!
Ah, My poem!
Enfin!
Un enfant d’amour.