GIGI MEJRI

GIGI MEJRI

TAKE YOUR DISTANCE

When I retreat for a while

And see how people rush

Turning around in a hurry

Pushing , elbowing all soaked in sweat

Minds down ,same rank as their feet

No more room for a smile ,no warm greeting to let

I shake my head and say

"What a crazy world" !

Some buried good deeds ,

Others don't know they even exist

Each is busy fattening their "ego"

Believing in the "survival of the fattest"

Running nowhere ,knowing no rest

Crushing whatever they meet

When I retreat for a while

I see how all are exchanging disrespectful looks

Ready for a dispute ,and I remain mute

repeating to myself "what a crazy world"!

Then I pretty undestand that this scene

Is nothing but a reflexion of what was seen

On that magic screen !

Watched by night ! Applied by day!

Poor puppets performing a silly play

Believing they are actors yet part of the herd

And I keep muttering "What a crazy world" !

Gigi Mejri @copyright August 2018

THE STORY OF THE WOLSHEE

On a foggy day,

A young sheep went astray

To find herself face to face with the wolf

So scared ,she could neither bleat nor run away

For a while ,the wolf forgot his hunger

To admire the beauty that aroused his desire

The sun sent its beam and ray

Through the clouds all grey

It started raining !

What a feast for the beast !

It's his wedding !

And the wolf married the sheep

Then released her to join her flock

Ashamed and guilty ,she uttered no word

Months later,the news were heard

half a lamb,half a wolf was born

Both despised , bad-mouthed harshly

The sheep took the wolshee to her father's family

Who adopted the new offsring

Ever after , the sheep lived under gossip and angry looks

Even the wise didn't think about the big loss .

What if she had been devoured by the wild animal

Leaving its fleece everywhere ?

But who would care ?

Males are superior to Females

Why on earth do they bear

The "f" and the "e" what do they stand for ?

Failure for Eternity and none cares for Equality !!

Gigi Mejri @copyright August 2018

HEART DWELLER

My heart is a fountain

Pouring out love .

My veins are streams

Carrying feelings

To the Delta of affection

Flowing into the river of Passion

To reach your bottomless Ocean

Where in foam lovers swim

Wrapped in the bridal veil

Stretch their arms to the Sun

Seeking warmth from each ray

Casting an eye on the Bay

Their secret haunt to pray

All in one voice they say:

"To you , we raise our prayer LORD

Against the law of attraction ,

No ladder , no cord

Certain of the reply

Here in this very heart ,we shall stay "

@copyright August 2018

GIGI MEJRI

GIGI MEJRI is a Tunisian teacher of English . She graduated from the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences of Tunis.Passionate of reading and poetry writing ,she believes in the power of the word that serves as a means to spread tolerance and peace  all over the world.Her dream is to see her scattered poems united and published