Suffice It To Say
/Yes, it was nice
I blossomed through your expressive eyes,
and thrived on your impressive smile,
It was a bastion of "laughs and cries",
For an anguished man, still juvenile
Suffice it to say,
Marching behind you with temper, too vile,
I was.
Like a bearer, carrying a palanquin, with vice
Plugged with a spile,
I was.
Ensuring water did not peril your cooked rice,
Suffice it to say
Still marching, counting hundreds of miles,
And hoping you could buy me hot fries,
Or offer me garments, at low price
Because I was a true male lover, not a pile
Of pears varying in size ..
Suffice it to say
I did my best to tie the knot,
And why not
Change my destiny with a roll of the dice,
Deluged not by the god-given tile
Fearless of the Tumbu flies,
When they spill their poisonous saliva,
And take a good sip of my impure blood.
Suffice it to say
The connection to you was tactile
Roses spread on your way
Emojis illuminating your dark profile,
There here above
And splashing so many words of love
With which we could reconcile
Alas! Into pieces, my dream, you smashed,
Like a soap box, I splintered
And with a groan,
I rushed to the cupola
To try to commit suicide ...
I know you know about that pain
That agony of refugees from Ukraine,
I know you would not go nuts,
And I might go insane
But suffice it to show that it was,
Too late and in vain…
By Anissa Sboui
From: Tunisia
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