A Long Trip Poem by MOHAMMAD SKATI

That endless trip never ends Simply because we take it Everyday for granted... I take that life's long trip As a test To my feelings and my emotions Just to get myself Out of what I am involved in Every time... Life's long trip takes its way Ahead without listening to us... We take all life's trips Guaranteed without taking cautions... We are merely travelers into the Unknown to be only in the unknown... I can not sometimes complete my My life's long trip Simply because I have to have Some compulsory pauses Here and there... Life is always hard and difficult Simply because we challenge its Absolute authority Without any reasons... Life never stops its course Simply because it can not wait For anyone... A long trip is the only way Everyone must take it willingly Or unwillingly anytime... That's our life... ______________________________________________________________________