Strength and Health

Goethe gave a literature of strength
And health -- and should we not be strong?
Why do we seem to go to any length
To say that strength and health are wrong?

I must confess, along with you, I held
Romantic views of illness, sang
The song of dissipation, those we geld
With institutions, those we hang.

But now I see that different kinds of health
Are brought about when we define
The human into realms of newfound wealth,
Diverse in taste as finest wine.

True beauty binds diversity to one,
Makes one diverse -- we should find joy
In all our healths, each learn how we can run,
Each learn to build and not destroy.

Romanticism, Classicism both
Are health -- as Hegel said -- are true
To who we humans are in all our growth.
A greater truth combines the two.

Yes, the eternal feminine must rise --
And raise true manliness aloft
As each sprouts feathers as poets devise
A verse of strength, both hard and soft.

Ashraf Fayadh

Where words are dangerous, the poet lives
In symbols and allusions just to find
Another day to bind to wisdom which he gives

You face the world, must bow before the dreck
Who think the poet's magic make a witch --
The heretics will pitch their axe into your neck

They cannot silence you -- your death will seal
Your words in souls who heard of you in death --
Your words will pass your breath and make your readers heal

The cowards seek the power of the state
To silence those who give the world a glance
Of better things -- a dance, a song, a better fate

A Song of Seduction

I want you to seduce me --
Your sensuality
Needs to emerge -- you need to purge
All that won't set you free

I want you to seduce me --
Be confident! Be bold!
Your ample waist is to my taste
You're all I want to hold

I want you to seduce me --
To take me in your arms --
I'll hear your heart, breath pull, depart --
Enjoy your rhythmic charms

I want you to seduce me --
I want to feel you bind
Me with the joy that you employ
When you engage my mind

I want you to seduce me --
I'll look into your eyes
And, yes, I'll drown in their deep brown,
Delight in all our ties

I want you to seduce me --
Be confident I will
Enjoy the charms your body warms --
I cannot get my fill

I want you to seduce me --
And let your fingers roam
Across my skin and we'll begin
The dance that makes you home

I want you to seduce me --
There's nothing that you lack --
So never hold back, just be bold!
And I'll seduce you back

When Philosophy Lost Its Way

What was it doing wandering around
These halls? Were painted cement blocks the place
Where one could enclose wisdom? Was it found
In labyrinths where none could find its trace?

Should it be in an institution, cut
Away from life, society and human action?
Perhaps the string it dropped would help him shut
The door against its present life of faction.

What happened to the sun, the open courts
Where one could question everyone and goad
The dozing wide awake. The soul aborts
When empty halls is all it's ever showed.

Surround yourself with children who don't care
And it's no wonder foul is thought as fair.

True to You

You never have to worry I will leave
You never have to worry I will stray
Our love is something you won't have to grieve
Our love is something I promise will stay

The most important thing that you must know
Is I am so in love I'd never throw
Away our life -- no, I would not let go

You know my loyalty runs deep and true
My loyalty will tie me to your side
My loyalty belongs only to you
And always acts as my unerring guide

The most important thing that you must know
Is I am so in love I'd never throw
Away our life -- no, I would not let go

You know that I'm a social nightmare -- how
Did I get you, my beautiful, dear wife?
You really think that I would try to wow
Another when you are my complete life?

The most important thing that you must know
Is I am so in love I'd never throw
Away our life -- no, I would not let go

You never have to worry I will stray
My love for you will always, always stay