The "Hero" wants to return
After 9 months of a bloody revolution that cost the Syrian people thousands of martyrs, injured and detainees, and like that was not bad enough, here is the person who earned the worst reputation in the modern times of Syria suddenly appearing on the screens of TV. He tried, on one hand, to clear himself from the massacres, scandals and robberies that were connected to his name in the near past and to blame it on others. He, on the other hand, offered his readiness to return to Syria to help stop the blood bathes.
The “Hero” wants to return
I’m the “Hero”, would you love me?
By Tarif Youssef Agha
The “Hero” said he will return to the homeland
Because his role is not over yet!
But we have few words to say to the “Hero”
That he may not like
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He claims he used to be the man of the law
And the guard and protector of the foundations and rights
That he is not afraid of appearing in courts
As he is, and always was, the knight and judge of justice
That he had nothing to do with crime and killing
He was the master of forgiveness and mercy
That he was the supporter of the needy and poor
Look how faith is dyeing his beard and dropping from it
Whereas the doctorate he carries, he says
Always kept him busy developing and building collages
And it also made him a pride of the higher studies
Without him, all studies would be gone all together
He was a man that even “The sheriff of Mecca” is not a good enough job for him
But if becoming a Prophet is available, he will accept it
He claims he is the father of chivalry, rightfulness and devotions
In brief, he thinks that he is the highest symbol of nationalism
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We have to apologies to our hero
As we don’t think that the roles he played have been forgotten yet
The roles he played were of a “heavy, heavy weight”
The generations will keep talking about them for centuries to come
Those roles started from bombarding inhabited cities
Then burning and turning them upside down
Also committing massacres in the prisons
And flooding the sewers with blood
Holding brief trials and performing execution according to the ID’s
He appointed himself, both, the judge and the executioner
Also, digging mass graves that
Don’t match any but those of the Nazis
Let’s here not forget his armed gangs
That he unleashed to terrorize the nation
Gangs that he gave national names
Even thought they never did anything their names mean
Names that mean defending the homeland
But in reality, they were the thieves of the homeland
And let’s bring back his stories of rape
Only those of Tamerlane match them
Who believes that the (French) colonial respected the head scarf?
But our macho hero didn’t
Then there is a lot to say about smuggling currency and antiquities
He proudly was the country’s greatest smuggler
He didn’t leave any crime he did NOT commit
If the Mafia wants to form a state, our hero will be its leader
Even his relatives couldn’t trust him; they excelled him to Europe
At the coasts of Europe, he invested the wealth of our homeland
Roles and roles and roles
No matter how much we talk about them, it won’t be enough
Roles that have no blood relation to chivalry
Even disgrace doesn’t want anything to do with him
If history decides to document his roles, it will be with letters of shame
If shame was a snake, our hero will be for sure its head
If the devil looks into the mirror one day
The face of our hero will be all that he will see
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Poetry by: Tarif Youssef-Agha
An expatriate Arab Syrian Writer & Poet
Houston, Texas
Friday December 16, 2011
http://sites.google.com/site/tarifspoetry