Category: Mental Illness

View of the Yuba River

To Live Through it All

— In response to the Lebanese Protests — To iterate the madness of life through the domination of people in controlling resources, finances, and choking the populace. Men and women in power are blinded by too much power and their lifestyle.   I wrote Stand, a poem calling my people to stand up for their rights…
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trunk of a tree on a nature walk

They Say…

They say… They say… They say… They say… They say… They say… They say…
Tired 
Of 
These
Voices

green grass in Lebanon

Civil War

I used to lay down
In the tall grass
Face turned to the sky
Arms open wide
Welcoming
Breeze
Sun rays
Laughter of the woods.

grape leaves

يا ريت

يا ريت بقول لحالي شي يوم
الحياة ماشية ما بتوقف ولا بتنطر
ليش قاعدي بعدك بالهم واللوم
زتي عن كتافاتك هالحمل لي بضر

Fear

me thinks of fear
how it crawls under the skin
hurries the drumbeats
kindles the fire
into the blood stream
makes the eyes roll back
taking away a last breath