“Omnia vincit amor.”
-Virgil.
I see vast seas asleep
in your eyes;
And your mere
smiles pour joy
into my heart,
I see in you a blessed
beauty unknown
up till now!
I in my heart see you
as the promise of
a new day,
And see you close all
day and night,
I see you alone
among all who
under the sky live!
I see the delight you
bring to a troubled
spirit
And see the dawn of
New Spring as I
look and think,
I see you over
continents, and
Love You
Forevermore!
Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, the poet was raised in a politically prominent family; yet in his early teens, the poet and his family emigrated to the United States, where the poet lived for nearly two decades. The poet now lives in his land of birth and works as a freelance journalist and writer. He feels a particular attachment to John Keats and Percy Shelley for their vehement opposition to the inhumane effects on ordinary people such as the consequences of industrial development in their lifetimes–and reminds us that technological progress today does the same: ‘Weep, for the world is wrong!’ (Percy Shelley, “Dirge”)