Tag: poems
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Earthbound
I survived the crash, survived the harsher waves that splashed. I survived the breaching fires that crawled towards me like starving rats. I survived the weight of a spacesuit, clinging to me like moss; it took to the last second to finally take it off. I survived the atmosphere that I thought would singe my…
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The Moon Howls
Did you know that the moon howled? Behind its brightened face in space, On the darkened side where secrets hide. Beneath the craters of pale white, Out of reach and beyond our sight. I heard it loud when I was adrift. A howling moon that the stars can hear. The spacemen at times, they speak…
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Winter Winds
Those winter winds feel like spider webs. First the breeze catches my ears, a slight shudder signaling a shutter-full-year. Upon the busy boulevard, where booze is bought in boisterous bars! Where laughs are loud and ladies laud, and all the assholes, they seek applause. Pacific Winter Winds, they greet our coasts. The taverns walls littered…
Writings by Samson Mousa 