We Came To Life Without Invitation
By Tarif Youssef-Agha
We came to life without invitation,
And we won’t have anything to do with departing
We did not sign our birth certificate, and will not be
Consulted when our death certificate will be printed
We don’t know why we came and why we should leave,
And we don’t understand why everybody loves life
It looks like that was what we saw our ancestors doing,
Or as it’s just a contagious sickness
I do not see any difference in its love,
Between humans and animals
One is spreading his feathers like a peacock,
And one is bragging about his wealth and children
Everybody seeks children then complain,
Nobody can differentiate between love and desire
If we ignore the details, we will find
That our life happened as a mistake
And if we analyze it back from end to start,
We will see that life was having fun messing with us
And as we are no more than temporary visitors,
And that what we do is worthless.
I see it as nothing but like smoking a cigarette,
Or, perhaps, as a quick cup of coffee visit
A short time ago, a year replaced a year,
We do not know, yet, what calamities the new one is carrying
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By Tarif Youssef-Agha
American Syrian Author and Poet
Houston, Texas
Saturday January 2, 2021