Then And Now Poem by Nassy Fesharaki

Then And Now



Then and now

Filled with hay their jackets
loads too much on saddles
donkeys made caravan
soldier-like were in line.

Cargo was bush and wood
uprooted; cut to roots
green turned to plain
all, by rain washed away.

Remained now is desert
my village; my village
my village…
ancestors' found heaven.

Donkeys went and the man
confidence was their light
now gadgets…even bikes
wear signals…many bulbs…

Saturday, January 2, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: lifestyle
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