The two lanes way we call a life
is just too narrow for my senses
And all the books and all the minds
are just a couple of useless lenses
If we were to create the world
we would have painted black and white
for colors haven’t been discovered
because of high travel expenses
So then we took a harmful care
in squeezing all our brains and paintings
just to come up with a grey hair
that was the answer then the tenseness
Oh if you look just for a while
through my brown eyes and dirty glasses
You’ll see the colors of the Nile
free of its tears and thorny fences
You’ll see how a rock can resemble
a cloth of silk inside the Canyon
and hear the stars silently tremble
chanting with Allah’s references
How dull of you to drill a hole
through which you see nothing but death
you have to break this logic wall
lo and behold, there are your answers
It’s funny how you can’t conceive
the world without the lines and angles
just take a step and you’ll believe
for faith’s trip to you is endless
No one can put me in the darkness
unless I choose to close my eyes
If I can make room for the Loch Ness
And not for God then why have senses?
The two lanes way we call a life
with all the smiles that we have torn her
has failed to make us realize
that there’s a world around the corner
Submitted: February 02, 2012
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This is a very intresting poem. Nicely written! (Thumbs up.)
Wed, February 8th, 2012 8:58am
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Thank you
Wed, February 8th, 2012 2:20pm
this is so well written and I love the message behind it
Sun, February 19th, 2012 7:25am
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Thanks, and I'm happy that you got the message
Sun, February 19th, 2012 6:52am
well, i do like the way you put this together. nicely done. though i'm afraid you're barking up the wrong tree. i'm an atheist. i once had a long talk with a good friend of mine who just could understand why i would take that path. she said it's a matter of belief and faith. i had to respond that those concepts, and you may find this hard to fathom, are the ones that bother me the most. to believe, without evidence, or even in the face of contradictory evidence, leads me to suspect that one would greatly increase one's chances of believing in something that isn't true. the three things i value above all, are truth, love, and beauty, and i will always be trying to seek what is true, because wondrous worlds reside there. i know many people of faith feel safer and more comfortable, more secure, but, to me, life will always be a struggle, and i accept that. thanks for taking an interest in my poem.
Wed, December 25th, 2013 6:39am
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Thank you for the elaborate comment, but as much as I disagree with you, I can't help but respect your opinion and understand your reasons.
Thanks for the read Bruce
This is a profound concept of life as we see,and know it.Many will agree and many will disagree with your views.All must recognise your talent as a poet.
Well done,Benyoucef.
Dee.
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Thank you very much, and you're right about some agreeing and some not, but I just wanted to put my view out there
Thu, January 2nd, 2014 6:32am
Man, this poem really touched me, in a cool way. Such a cool topic to write about and you wrote about it so well. You have very neat views, I agree with mostly everything you say. This was clever indeed. Great work!
Fri, June 20th, 2014 5:07am
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Thank you for the beautiful comment, you made me rediscover my old poems !!
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Marcele Rose
wow, i LOVE this....really good imagery and word selection...good job
Thu, February 2nd, 2012 3:33am