Poetic thoughts from Alsafat ‘chop chop’ Square in Saudi Arabia, Dec 2019.
I just so happened to be there basked in the light, thankfully.
The duality of
Light & dark
Joy & pain
Good & evil
Exist in life,
Certainly in our lifetime.
Shadow & light
Brazenly cast right
Before me, courtesy
Of the sun.
Two opposing forces
Duel along stone tiles,
Their contrast a sharp guillotine.
This is “chop chop” square after all.
And it’s after Friday afternoon prayers
When public executions usually befall.
A metal drain frames the centre,
Unscathed by the bloodshed.
Its ready for the next;
I’m awfully transfixed.
I dwell on the dead
Silence, the hollers
Intensity of those scenes.
Beheadings ending lives
Ending time
Of those who have wronged,
Some surely unfairly condemned…
Stained ruthlessness polarised by
Laughter of carefree kids
Kicking a ball
Criss-crossing between
Shadow & light
As if they were moral shape shifters
Impervious from the darkness
All too unnervingly close.
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