From the past to the future - my own poem

BY MY COLLEAGUE SUDE MUSTAFA

With the knowledge he doesn't posses 

his restless body shakes 

his family trying to calm him 

leaving is harder than it seems

not for a new area but for a new world

new beggings scares him 

the  unknown scres him 

weird it brings a joy too

an advetures spirit rises within 

'step in ' says a voice 

tiny body of his standing

with his heart beating fast

he is waiting to open the door

that door which leads to a new life

to the life of nightmares and dreams 

every day opens up a new chapter

a new hope arises with each smile 

past or future does it really matter

when you do the same in both

immigration, migration or emigrate

say what you want 

same pain, same joy,same change

                                                                                                      

Ahmad Abu Alkass - Writer , teacher in Damascus, Syria

Ahmad Abu Alkass - Writer , teacher in Damascus, Syria

 More than 9000 Syrian refugees are stranded at Idomeni, near the Greek border with Macedonia hoping to get across to the rest of Europe. Among them is Ahmad Abu Alkass, who worked as a writer and a teacher in Damascus, before he fled his home in search of safety. Remember is his poem about the war in his country.

Immigration and Literature

In refugee literature, the first memories and interpretations of the collective injuries are tested, as prose writers from Asia Minor are witnessing this period of disgrace for Hellenism. They record, also comment and describe in the most convincing way their impressions of what they have heard and what they have lived.