Like a Stargazer

Like a stargazer I spend my nights
Recalling a bygone time.
A genuine time oozing hours by hours.
Fading away and dissolving
Into the abyss of eternity.
"No time to waste," They say
In these folly-stricken days.
And nobody cares a straw about the destiny of humanity.
Of wisdom ancient philosophers spoke
And so did all the bards of the world.
Yet wisest is him who does not easily believe.
Belief nowadays is so hard an enterprise.
And likewise doubt is in no way a relief.
Forlorn am I in this world of hatred
Where kinship is forsaken
And bloodshed is the motto.
No love, no tolerance, no humanity
And man to man is for life an enemy.

Mohamed Chhilif