Poem by MEB ROCK (Prepared Angela Kosta)
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MEB ROCK
Biography:
Meb Rock: Kabyle writer and poet, expressing himself in both French and English.
He is the author of several literary works, including:
• "Les voluptés nocturnes" (Nocturnal Pleasures)
• "Hélas!" (Alas!)
• "Les mots interdits" (Forbidden Words)
• "Les mots dits" (Words Spoken)
• "Réflexions & Sentences" (Reflections & Sentences)
• "Whiskey’s words" (Whiskey's Words)
• "Pécaïre!…" (Damn it!...)
Born on June 28, 1980, in Kabylie, he began composing his first poems at a young age. For him, poetry is the manipulation of words, the arrangement of forms to achieve a constantly unexpected new form.
His writing, marked by the seal of pessimism, aims to be a tragedy of a thinker of disillusionment. Through his works, an entire world of emotions expressed metaphorically opens up to the reader, undoubtedly captivating poetry enthusiasts.
His text often takes on a poetic character, where he passionately evokes and employs a highly crafted style to express his feelings about existence. He alternates between poetic passages and more elaborately constructed ones in an exceptional lyrical manner, addressing the upheavals of a soul, each time intertwined with the taste of disillusionment.
According to him, "Pessimistic writing always aspires to be the ritual of the alienated. And my pen illuminates me like a torch in the middle of the night, when darkness, in its icy journey, endeavors to confuse the path of the traveler. It is in words that we find the best healing."
poems:
THIS WORLD
What devil seizes Humanity,
Compelling each to annihilate
The other wherever they go ?
Behold this child,
Whose sorrow has painted
His fragile and timid features,
Seeking peace along the tumultuous shore of the reality
Of this world in its destructive madness !
His gaze, imbued with melancholy, desperately
Searches for a will to soothe in this unholy land
Prey to gratuitous and absurd violence.
Is there any reason to transform
One’s dreams into nightmares,
One’s laughter into tears
On this earthly realm ?
What mysterious demon
Could take hold of humanity,
Urging it to tear itself apart relentlessly,
Forgetting love and empathy ?
The devil haunting humanity
Is none other than the shadow
Of its own fears and desires :
The ceaseless quest for power,
Possession and superiority.
A STOWAWAY
I'm lost here, in a makeshift boat,
In the middle of the sea, under my coat...
I'm not alone, others are piling up
All like me, without hope, they give up.
It's been hours since I left this country
That I offered myself to the waves angry...
The boat rips the waves, toward duskiness
My destination is uncertain, like darkness.
I advance towards the unknown as in a dream
And I feel inside me like a child's scream
Stuck in my chest... It won't come out,
To brave the silence of the sky, which flout.
Over there, I tell you, it's no use staying
There, death kept causing tears and wailing.
There, in my country, injustice is everywhere
Find a door that opens to happiness otherwhere !
I am the night’s traveler, a stowaway...
I leave it all behind and steal away.
To get out of hell, I'll go the way of death
No matter the cost, I'll go where to breathe.
LIBERTY’S SWEET EMBRACE
If we crave for liberty's sweet embrace,
Let us first prove ourselves worthy of such grace.
For freedom is not a given right,
But a privilege reserved for those who fight.
If we seek to break the chains that bind,
Let us first free our minds from the blind.
For true freedom is not just in flesh and bone,
But in the wisps of thought that are not alone.
If we yearn for a world that's truly just,
Let us first in our hearts put trust.
For the beauty of liberty cannot be found,
Without the love of peace that abounds.
If we wish to soar on wings of freedom high,
Let us first shed the shackles of our lies.
For true freedom can only come,
When we stand up to all that's wrong.
So let us be worthy of our liberty's gift,
Let our souls be guided by its shining light.
For only then can we truly say,
That we are truly free, in every way.
Prepared Angela Kosta
