Poem: I Once Had Hope
Name: Noor Al-Omeri
Email: alomerinoor@gmail.com
Word count: 312
(1) I quickly awoke
(2) Only to be deafened by a piercing blare
(3) My ears came to a tear
(4) My sweat pouring
(5) What was it that I heard?
(6) I could only rely on hope
(7) Only to find
(8) My mother, lying on the floor
(9) Silent… still as a statue
The blood trickled from under her lifeless body
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My hope—DESTROYED
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I only see red
Time slowed with the beat of my heart
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Thud— thud— thud
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As a film of memories plays in my mind
(16)
A sharp bitterness stabs me deep into my heart
(17)
I could not move
(18)
I just broke apart
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An experience many others suffered
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Many others grieved
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Many others sorrowed
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I had hope
I truly did
Those who fall into autocracy:
What is this hypocrisy?!
When you claim democracy
—You asked me to have hope
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And I truly did
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I once had hope
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You come and tell me
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You wish for a happy world
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You wish for a peaceful world
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But you proceed to ignite the war?
Don’t explain yourself anymore!
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You lied to me
And YOU triggered this war
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Don’t try to blind me with your lies
You are the ones who turned away when it came to my cries
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So don’t claim peace
When you are the first to destroy it
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Don’t say, no more war
When you are the first to create it
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Don’t wish for hope
When you are the one who obliterated it
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Because I once had hope
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I truly did
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The world of peace
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You claim to build…
Doesn’t look like what I thought it would
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Instead of rainbow skies
(51)
I see smog
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Instead of laughter
I hear bombs
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Instead of joyful tears
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I hear cries
Instead of generosity
I see selfishness
(58)
Instead of friendship
(59)
I see hostility
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So don’t ask for peace
And don’t ask me to have hope
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Because I once did
I once had hope
More on The Poem
Theme: World peace
Message: Countries lie about wanting world peace