The scribe’s spirit lifts
scenting the perfume of promising openness
taking a deep breath of tangy freshness
freedom of speech hailed in surprised jubilation
when the hardened bands of taboos
break, seep through the hardened cracks
of centuries of cemented, walled-up silence
A shredded canvas set aside
a new tapestry emerges
with new strokes of images, music, songs
of a nation reborn
Eons of timeless taboos,
caged, iced passions
let loose
as the posture of abiding patience
dissolves
And bottled up minions of silence
feel the blessed rain wash away
the raw
suppressive residue,
of judgment,
inequality,
intolerance
Reality bends
and breaks apart
in a shower of brilliant breathtaking
horizons
Nimah Ismail Nawwab [Ni’mah Isma’il Nawwab] (21st century) Saudi Arabia (Born in Malaysia)
Source: Blackbird Archive: Gulf Poets Suite
scenting the perfume of promising openness
taking a deep breath of tangy freshness
freedom of speech hailed in surprised jubilation
when the hardened bands of taboos
break, seep through the hardened cracks
of centuries of cemented, walled-up silence
A shredded canvas set aside
a new tapestry emerges
with new strokes of images, music, songs
of a nation reborn
Eons of timeless taboos,
caged, iced passions
let loose
as the posture of abiding patience
dissolves
And bottled up minions of silence
feel the blessed rain wash away
the raw
suppressive residue,
of judgment,
inequality,
intolerance
Reality bends
and breaks apart
in a shower of brilliant breathtaking
horizons
Nimah Ismail Nawwab [Ni’mah Isma’il Nawwab] (21st century) Saudi Arabia (Born in Malaysia)
Source: Blackbird Archive: Gulf Poets Suite
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