Earth knows; spirals and cycles,
Stories of love, greed, dominions,
Empires rising to fall, fake and rotten,
Wounds of suffering, wide and open.
I see you. I know you.
Broken, are you?
Taking me into parts,
Many lives, end and start.
How long? How far?
Running to take side,
Telling the same old story.
No longer you can hide,
And no longer do I worry.
The shadows, the beasts,
The fights and the feasts,
Times and times, it repeats,
Are you seeing? Are we growing?
Can you push through?
Can you break a cycle?
For the veil is thin,
While you ride your bicycle.
Maya Abou Chedid
