Same Old Beginnings Poem by Shamal Akrayi

Here at the place vhere life loops around
That happiness they promhsed is still yet to be found
The change that they told me has yet to take hold
I imagine that lies were all I've been told
Just until now, I carried that flame in my heart
The suffering, dying hope that cried for a start
But just as bright as the future they swore
Is a present just as dark as it was before
I'd hazard to guess that there never would be
A utopia, a heaven like they promised to me

'Holland-2003'