Poetry from Ahmad Al-Khatat

Entreaties from the Pinnacles of Despair

Know yourself before knowing others
Believe in yourself before you trust blindly 
Judge yourself better than judging blood, 
and bones of a smiling on friendly faces.

Don’t carry your past sins into your sober life 
Get some sleep before the liquor drink you 
Get some rest before the cigarette inhale you 
Cry and let your tears drown the knife by your flesh.

You can only change the world with your knowledge 
Be the leader of your dreams and open arm’s happiness 
Change the directions of death, anxiety, and depression 
Remember you are miserable because your coffin has fallen 

_into the hands of people you once adopted and adored 
They farewell the world in silence with only the presence of 
death. Meanwhile, you try to call them, text them and ask 
your parents if they heard anything about them from trip to exile.