father figure
You sold the soil you grew up on for cheap
you gave up your roots and origins to please others
you kept on following vain desires and now you weep
go back to your home no one would want you but your mother
I sold my country without bargain
I was never one of you and will never be
I don’t acknowledge the people living here not even one
I sold each one of you and for free
when you see a father raping all of his kids
when you see a father hitting his daughter for wanting to be free
when you see a girl being disfigured in the street for nothing god forbids
when you see people throwing their parents to starve in the streets and plea
when you see children being stolen to beg with
when you see that law is just ink and a big nut
when you see that respect today is just a myth
when you see a girl who almost got raped called a slut
when you see after all this no one moved no one deplored
and I expect more and more and more of other issues
when you realize that it all existed before
and that now we can hear about it because of news
would you still be proud of your home land
would you still hold its flag your head held high
I witnessed fertile soil becoming sand
the love I held for you once is now dried
racha chafik
Sun 8th Apr 2018 22:01
thank you big sal