10 June 2014

THE TRUE GUERILLAS

THE TRUE GUERILLAS  
© Farouk Asvat  

The true guerillas stayed at home
They confronted each new day
as if it was a new lease on life
They confronted each new death
as if it was a new way of life
They confronted each new morning
as if it was a new invitation to death
They confronted each new night
as if it was a new way of death

The true freedom fighters stayed at home
They confronted each new day
as if they were attending their own wedding
as if they were witnessing their own birth
as if they were attending their own funeral
as if they were walking with their own angel of death

The true insurgents stayed at home
They went to bed each night
as if they were sleeping with a deadly lover
They went to sleep each night
as if they were in love with death

The true revolutionaries stayed at home
They confronted each new death
as if it was a new way of life


© farouk asvat

[] composed: 28.05.1994 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid].

[] Acknowledgements:

The True Guerillas was previously published in:

     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (piquant publications, p109, 2006);
     https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com  (10.06.2014);
     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (kindle, 2014);
     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (amazon paperback, p106, 2014).
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[§] Books by Farouk Asvat:

Sadness In The House Of Love (novel)
The Gathering Of The Storm (novel)
I Dream In Long Sentences (poetry)
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (poetry)
A Celebration Of Flames (poetry)
The Time Of Our Lives (poetry)
This Masquerade (short stories)
Bra Frooks … (poetry)*
The Paanies Are Coming (short stories)*
In The House Of Love (novel)*
Weapons Of Words (comparative literature & literary criticism)

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