Love Poem: War Time
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Written by: Atef Ayadi

War Time

I closed my embassy.
Before that,
I laid off the staff
With no writing warning, 
Or excuses in advance.
I laid off the security guard too
It is a shaking time.
A lot of bloody feeling bombs,
Harassments,
And body language threats.

I tried a few diplomacy
To save this ancient
Mutual love
Interest
I tried really 
To preserve
This bilateral
Romantic partnership
That flourished
Since the Babylonian era.

I want to Stop
Our lips shaking
With too much love 
Etiquettes
I want to stop this 
Cold and 
High temperature 
Collisions,
And earth quakes
Between the north and the south
You did not
Give me too many choices
Neither did I.
See, there is nothing between
Hell and Heaven.

I closed the embassy
I locked its oriental door
The only thing I took with me is
The last six years
Of our secret poems.