Join the fray

Many struggles in life...

Join the fray     by Sami Khalil

Join the fray!

Join the fray and pray.

We are in for struggles, calamities, wars and bubbles…

Since birth, till death do us apart;

beckoning and reckoning.

Gray clouds must arrive, fears must drive, shading horizon’s edges.

Turn left, turn right; no dodging from this aching:

snow falling, fire burning, imaginations’ burdening,

minds’ tickling, squirrels and mice running, humans subsisting on surviving the scuffling, while curses, stenches are rising,

in a long line of guarded hopes, blood- besmeared colosseums…mourning.

Join the fray!

Two-forked paths ahead;

one for the well-being,

the other to the detriment of threadbare self-destruction, mass extinction;

massive jaws swallowing dreams of peace’s valediction.

My boat…I’m paddling.

Join the fray!

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

An apt description of our times here, full of the images of conflict. At the end, though, the speaker voices the determination to tough it out, and that is the attitude we all need to take now. Like all else, these troubles will pass.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! So true and well said dear poet and friend. I like your astute summation. Thank you kindly and may the New Year be one of many blessings.

[Lisasview]

Hi dear Sami,
Life is always a challenge…
Your words really speak of the back and forth, good and bad, and so on.
I really enjoyed the read.
It was in some way quite exciting.
Each line drew me quickly into the next!
Fabulous,
Lisa

[Sami Khalil]

Hi there dear Lisa in Spain! Life is indeed as you say, even ailments can be, as you recovered safely; lots of tough challenges and obstacles. Thank you kindly for your thoughts on this poem.
Glad you are recovered.

[Lisasview]

You are so very welcome.
I was so happy to read one of yours!

[Lisasview]

Oh forgot to say that I love the image you chose.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! Thank you again.

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Sami... When Robert Frost wrote the Poem... "The Road less taken"...
we never dreamed how difficult it would be. So many people and situations involved.
We were helpless to take a different Path. Many good people are with the "Immigrants".
However, many are Evil and should never be here in our Country. This is one of the biggest
Challenges to Unravel and Solve... as a result of Bad Judgement by many in Power in our Country.
"United we Stand... Divided we fall". Amen

[Sami Khalil]

Wowzy! You speak truth to power. We do live in a different world and times. God help us. We do not need lawlessness and chaos especially at the border. Thank you kindly for your time and consideration. All rich blessings in the New Year.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

we must join the fray and hopefully survive it.
I am about to do that literally.
I really like this piece...it reminds me of those two paths...
and those forks in the road that are there to trick us and make us lose our way.
but we must stay focused and on track...
or we will be swallowed by those "massive jaws" of destruction.
j.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! So true and well said dear poet and friend. You have summed it up marvelously. I hope we all make it through. When there is a will, I hope there is a way. Thank you sir Jacob for all.