Poem by Vance SolmienMy Home, My Family
What has happened to my home and my family?
My heart is troubled and my soul laments in anguish and sorrow.
My land is in bitter sorrow and mourning,
In losing her beloved sons and daughters.
The streets are not the same,
There’s no smile, joy and laughter.
The trees bow down and weep,
The birds sing in a distant and unknown tongue in lament.
The morning sun hides behind the clouds.
The eastern wind sweeps over and shuffles the silent landscape and
breaths into my sorrow-filled nothingness.
Whispering a silent huss giving little comfort.
The evening wind whispers and the Kumul sing a serenade,
The dogs howl in the depth and stillness of the night,
The northern breeze chills my soul,
The morning light brings a beacon of hope,
I look to the North I find no answer,
I look to the South I find no answer,
I look to the East; there too, I find no answer.
I look to the West, even there, I find no answer.
But I know,
He knows where I am,
When I am through all these,
I will come out like gold purified in the furnace of affliction.
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Beautiful.. love the rythm of the words
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