Grief Market
Who suggested you to go early in the morning,
To walk by yourself with no one to the grief market.
It was my decision, and I had to take the port of
Memories of the poets whom stepped in before I did.
The sailor took us on the river of tears, that was
Made by lovers weeping about being separated for ever.
My tears were dropping and burning my cheeks,
Just because I smelled my beloved Baghdad scents.
The policeman wondered why the name of Iraq
Was written in red color, I answered him it's my blood.
Since no one believed that I am Iraqi and my writing
Was based from my diary of grief, of living in Montreal.
I finally got to the grief market, where my heart
My wounded soul of watching sad and terrifying images.
I drain the water, that recalled me of the same
Boiling water that my grandpa used to drunk with his wine.
The tailor we don't have your size of a suit of joys,
Instead, we have a suit of sorrows, that appear you martyr.
The chef in restaurant offered me some free meals,
I refused to eat and said that I'm fasting until the grief market,
Change into the joys market, where I can buy my
Grave without the attention of my friends whom would miss me
Again ... Again.
1/03/2015
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Submitted on June 04, 2015
Modified on April 29, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AB XX XC XX XX AX XX XX XC XB XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,169 |
Words | 228 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3 |
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