Monday, May 16, 2011

May 2011

I have written this poem back in July, 2008.
First picture is a castle near Chekka, Lebanon built sometime after the Roman era but before the Arabs conquered Lebanon.
Second one is in Southwestern France.



The Kingdom Promised by


Sing the songs of Solomon,
Hear the winds blow
Know that the time has come.

A Glorious citadel gone
In suffering, in shambles.
The exile of the citadel

Like the exodus.
From Egypt they left
From Languedoc we fled

Into the Promised Land
Into the mountains
Like the hilltop siege of Megiddo.

The months of snow pass,
We sing the songs of Carcassona
Hear the stones thunder

Know the walls hold.
Fleeting moments pass
Pray, pray, no

Salvation or deliverance
From the sword
From the aching bones

Into the paradise promised
Into the fortress alive, fighting
Faith replenishes

For even the Host claims
With its corrupted eyes
Faith. They do not see

Faith. Land and riches
Power and Truth only
Honour?

The claims only fool their beloved Pays
By the north, the army that is fed
Their hope is our souls

In their blind state saving us.
With our eyes the sun
In the dark night sky, we see

A reflection even in its absence
Lights up the sky
Our hope is life eternal

Truth, Truth
The word, in all
Humanity lives

The exiled citadel
In the mountains
In the fortress

Wait, wait, we do
For the steel
The promise, the Kingdom

False idols, false wars
For Humanity
Not humanity.

Snow covers us
Our bodies are left
Burnt, spread out

The claim is theirs
But our truth shall be truth
Life eternal shall be life anew.


Caption: Montségur Castle in Southwestern France




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