That Ugly In-Fighting Anytime... Poem by MOHAMMAD SKATI

People run away and Some stay home for many reasons... Only war-lords occupy Those wide streets and roads With their mightiness and With their ugliness anytime... Life keeps deteriorating on A daily basis and In all directions endlessly... No one listens to that wise sound That comes from one's mind... Only innocent people pay very High prices for no reasons... There is no pretty peace anytime, but There is that ugly in-fighting that Goes on between yesterday's brothers... Intercessions fail wholly and Weak intercessors play a weak role... The number of those poor and fleeing refugees Goes up, but Insecurity prevails anywhere and everywhere... Graveyards expand and They even extend endlessly... All borders are stumbling-blocks in front of Those fleeing people anytime... Boats of death carry fleeing people For unknown destinations... Only smugglers get rich by Their illegal smuggling... Some get perished while Trying to travel towards the unknown... Humanity fails totally towards Its principles anytime... There is no life for those Whom life calls upon anytime... That on-going tragedy keeps sweeping More and more of those innocent people... Little infants' cries do not mean anything To our whole world... As for us, We pray God to let us getting out of That ordeal soon... ______________________________________________________________________