Our revolution will harvest all its sweet fruits

Our revolution will harvest all its sweet fruits

By Tarif Youssef Agha

Despite the world and all its bitter ones

Despite the opposition parties that can not agree (with each other)

And those who joined it to benefit from it

Despite those who climbed on it from the hotels’ suites

And the countries that claim its friendship while stoning it

Despite the countries which opposed it openly

And the hostility which came from it’s neighboring countries

The neighboring countries that we helped once before

We never thought they would stab us in the back

We will prevail despite the organizations that count the ant’s breath

But ignore the herds of elephants and the destruction they cause

They scream if they see the blood of a cruel person

But say nothing when massacres happen

They open their eyes wide when a killer is killed

But see nothing when war planes shell cities

We will prevail despite Israel

And its security obsessions and dirty roles

The Golan will be returned after Damascus is returned

Damascus and the Golan will be freed by their free people

This is a revolution that became a legend

It redefined bravery by the hands of its heroes

It accomplished a miracle and made mockery of the impossible

It will burn with its fire those who burned the country with their fire

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Tarif Youssef-Agha

An Expatriate Arab Syrian Writer & Poet

Member of the ‘Syrian Revolutionary Writers Assembly’

Friday November 23, 2012

Houston, Texas

http://sites.google.com/site/tarifspoetry