Where Is Dawn? Poem by Meshack Sewe

Where Is Dawn?

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Once tickled as a naturalist holding a crustacean…
Now paralyzed as twigs in ruins of Caesarean!
...Just where is dawn? !

Once sneering at the Sea as stone buildings in Jerusalem
Now blinded by mixed faiths as clouds above Bethlehem
...Just where is dawn? !

Once sprinting uphill as stone-paths in Jaffa
Now tattooed with rust as old quarries in Haifa!
...Just where is dawn? !

Once soaked in splendor as gardens of Bahai
Now famished underneath as bones of Tel-hai…
...Just where is dawn? !

Once laughing undercover as a tailor's bobbin!
Now mute and legless as statue of Rabin!
...Just where is dawn? !

Once boiling with tales as a Jewish mariner
Now frozen in pain as a broken recliner
...Just where is dawn? !

Once bleeding with joy as Israeli rockets!
Now clotting in the cold as charred sockets!
...Just where...Just where...Just whereis dawn? !

Sunday, September 8, 2013
Topic(s) of this poem: lamentations
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Inspired after having an opportunity to tour various historical sites in Israel during our business training(Haifa, Telaviv, Bahai Gardens, Jerusalem, Jafa, and Caesarean) : a large paintwork of a sitting-sleeping man in a Telaviv Hotel where westayed (Medina Hotel)touched my poetic soul...and the dark moments I was going through during those days precipitated the urge to take pen and paper and express my soul's contents...

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2012©Meshack Sewe
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