“Alone”… alone I want to be, <br />(For multitude is levity) <br />To shun a lawless silly strife <br />Aim after Nature, verdure rife <br />Is sheer anomaly in life <br />Yet it is not to me <br /> <br />“Alone”… I say’t convincèdly, <br />(For solitude is liberty) <br />Evading boisterous urban noise <br />Whisking away to rural joys <br />Are doltish deeds and petty ploys <br />Well, that is fine with me! <br /> <br />“Alone”… I shout alarmingly <br />To deaf ears of humanity <br />To live in rough sobrietye <br />To mock the world and wish to die <br />Is crime, in man’s societye, <br />But only grace to me. <br /> <br />“Alone”… I rave incessantly <br />While mortals simper icily <br />For he who won’t obey a rule <br />Who grudges being a supine tool <br />To them is some consummate fool <br />But no, he’s not to me. <br /> <br />“Alone”… I say it desp’rately <br />Perpetually… but bootlessly <br />Since all who heard my cry within <br />Considered it an abject sin <br />E’en God… He scornf’lly raised a chin <br />A haughty grin, and said to me: <br /> <br />“Alone! ! Alone? ? To hell with thee” <br />And spake He nevermore to me <br />And ever since that dismal day <br />The day He turned his face away <br />I never oped my mouth to pray <br />And this was mean depravity <br />To them… but not to me. <br /> <br /> <br />Blaouza <br />July 18th 1988<br /><br />Samer Madbak<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poem-035-alone-without-a-god/
