The Doves Cry

The Doves Cry: Haiku Poems

By Saleh M. Radaideh

Published by Shakespir

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dedicated to all those who fight against the darkness, in perpetual pursuit of the eternal light

 

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#1: Existence

 

Existence forms the

Darkness that we all hide from

Though light shall prevail

 

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#2: Redeem

 

Redeem me from all

Voices that I can never

Put in quarantine

 

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#3: Deliver me

 

Deliver me from

My own design and torn form

Send me to the stars

 

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#4: To The Heavens

 

Cast me asunder

To the heavens far up high

Save me, will you not?

 

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#5: Blackness

 

Blackness may consume

Yet perseverance conquers

All limitations

 

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#6: Arose

 

History will tell

The tale of those who arose

Against the evil

 

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#7: Give

 

Spread love and delight

To those who always cared to

Give to the needy

 

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#8: Reach

 

Reach for the stars while

Keeping your feet firmly on

The solid hard ground

 

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#9: Aura

 

Feel the aura of

Surroundings which embrace your

Lit and wondrous form

 

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#10: Energy

 

Take in the formless

Energies existing in

The breeze around you

 

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#11: Against Evil

 

Rise against evil

Though you lose all that

You ever once had

 

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#12: Salvation

 

March to salvation

Ignoring all the darkness

Seek to save yourself

 

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#13: Knowledge

 

The wells of knowledge

The libraries of vast Earth

Are all in your hands

 

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#14: Perpetually

 

The birds always sing

Humans perpetually

Mope in mere darkness

 

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#15: The Grain

 

Existence is naught

But suffering, yet will you

Rise against the grain?

 

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#16: Masks

 

Within there is grief

Yet a smile outside exists

All of us wear masks

 

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#17: Evil

 

Fury to be cast

Upon the evil on top

Will you not join us?

 

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#18: To Reign

 

Boiling inside of

Us all is anger and a

Thirst to reign all things

 

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#19: Vibrant

 

Seek out the vibrant

Light that saves all the patient

From the doom of man

 

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#20: The Secrets

 

Venture towards the

Farthest seas where you will find

The secrets to all

 

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#21: Persevere

 

Persevere against

The forces of evil though

You lose all you have

 

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#22: Shining Truth

 

Look within for the

Answers and the shining truth

Refuse disbelief

 

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#23: The Cycle

 

The cycle of all

Suffering can be broken

If we search within

 

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#24: Your Gut

 

Run towards the far

Horizons for the truth, though

It’s inside your gut

 

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#25: The Doves Cry

 

The doves cry of a

Day when doom will consume all

Those who don’t fight now

 

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#26: A New Day

 

After every night

A new day will shine upon

Your form, don’t give up

 

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#27: Awe

 

Stand in awe and don’t

Bow to darkness even though

All demons attack

 

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#28: The Promise

 

Rise against those who

Steal your joy and very hope

The promise: New dawn

 

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#29: Voice

 

Voice your opinion

Though you lay down an endless

Well where you can’t see

 

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#30: The Gates

 

Storm the gates of Hell

If it is Heaven you want

To give in, nay, nay!

 

 

 

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