Eyes Frozen To Sky by Bashir Goth

Eyes Frozen To Sky by Bashir Goth

The following haiku poem grieves the unending plight of the Somali people. Life is however stronger than any misery, and the poem had to end with a note of defiance, embracing the resilience and strength of the human spirit. Eyes Frozen To Sky* War in my country No rain to wash the blood - weeping in winter *** Bang, bang, bang Bullets, bullets and bullets No one hears the wind *** Peace is far away Blinking stars in the night - dark clouds gather in spring *** Mother holds dead child Husband under her feet - eyes frozen to sky *** Bare bones everywhere Carcass smell in summer - lonely bird above *** Last whistle not blown Buds sprouting everywhere - bees out in spring. -Bashir Goth *I wrote the first four stanzas of the poem on October 8, 2007 and I ended it with the last two stanzas on Aug. 18,