Seven Years Have Passed

Tomorrow, Friday 29th of January 2021, is the seventh memorial of the passing away of my Dad in Jeddah, KSA. This poem is in paying tribute to his soul.

Seven Years Have Passed

Rifaat Youssef-Agha (1920-2014)

By Tarif Youssef-Agha

Seven years have passed, and your image has never left us,

Oh Dad, you left us and left broken hearts behind

Seven years have passed and you never left our thoughts,

Your image will forever stay pierced in our hearts

I blame the years as they pass as seconds,

To leave our lives mutilated

Our souls will always be the home of your memorial,

And our eyes will always be marked by tears for you

We will never pay you back, no matter what we do,

You left us a reputation with fragrance of Jasmine

You have always been our role model,

You have always been the light to our future

You were a medal on our family’s chest,

Our family will never stop being proud of you

You crossed into another world,

I don’t see plain life as more than just a crossing

I don’t see it more than just a quick visit,

Or as someone taking a short break, then keep going

The wombs throw us into the journey of life,

The graves will be waiting for us at the last station

Oh Dad, death has been and will always be,

As a builder who raises high fences between people

Or as an archer with arrows,

An archer who only aims to kill

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Tarif Youssef-Agha

American Syrian Author and Poet

Houston, Texas

Friday January 28, 2021

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