The Voice of Dawn
by Khaled Hammad
The dawn is whispering
In a clear tone of voice,
Like a flute.
It says, ‘Get up and do life.
Forget the past, forget the failure,
Chin up, fight like a soldier.
I am the dawn, the queen of time
And the sun is my crown.
I fill the sky with light and the earth with life.
I bring hope. I bring tomorrow from the future
And gift it to you.’
I listened to the dawn and ran.
I ran towards tomorrow with an open heart.
When I got there, the crown was falling.
The Dusk had a louder voice,
Like a trumpet.
It said, ‘Do not believe the dawn,
I bring the truth.
I bring the darkness.
I bring the moon and the stars the sun has been hiding.
The dawn is an illusion.
You are walking towards me
And you will get here,
And you will sleep tight.
