A Fallen Petal

The petals don’t fall as they used to, Momma

I have grown

We have grown

You have wrinkles now,

You’ll have more

And I’ll grow bold,

Sad and ugly…

The streams gone dry

And the dogs gone die 

And that smile

That smile will go as well

A girl has grown

Out of a womb,

Into life and out of purity again

She will walk free

She will walk alone

It’s the father that will walk along 

Hail the old life into the new 

Hail purity lost

Hail the machine

A tear has fallen 

Out of what’s blue into what’s black 

There it shall lie

Un-dry but lifeless

Too much to see in the black

For the blue has lost its power 

Dive free my child 

And may you dive unharmed.

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Rami Sarieddine is a poet from Atrine - Al Shouf Area, Lebanon. He moved to Riyadh to pursue a career in mechanical engineering and was later to the music scene there. Rami is the percussionist/drummer for the Riyadh-based band, Erum, and is also interested in literature, especially poetry. Follow him on Instagram for more of his work.