café poem

post-modern 21st century
arabian-fusion music
floating through space
wanton woman songs
enticing the moment

inshallah inshallah
full of love
we're here
wanting
nothing more
than the humanity
all of us seek
in mutual respect

how could we be
in terrorism
against ourselves
in exile
from who we are

inshallah inshallah
from the expanses of arabia
in a vienna café
far from the ongoing
aftermath
of an unrelenting invasion
where the victims
seek their survival
among the ones who transgress
their own sacred visions

inshallah inshallah
as i drink my coffee
with a sigh

full of pain

for us all