Unable to fall asleep, revising a new poem I wrote...
A House Divided
I was in a life-long rush
because I could not guess
when I might self-combust
Every sunrise to sunset
I tried hard to run fast & far
to outdistance disaster
But I was never free
to be other than me
or reset a date with fate
I was never given
one secure day to live in
without fear of self-sabotage
So, a part of me carefully built
a makeshift shelter from the storm
while another part wore it down
Meantime, I learned to pray
and repeat, by night and day:
Heaven save us from ourselves.
—-Y. Lababidi
Art by Al Farrow