POEMS: Describing the mask is not the same as removing it

Lo Women!

you are a test for learned men

to reject their beast

and a sultry lullaby

for men already asleep!

Lo Women, 

Observe how you are exiled 

for the unruly thoughts men keep.

~ 

By the order of the sea

that adores the shore

yet departs from each other with ease

It breathes

inwards-    Union

Outwards-     Separation

and the longing in between. 

~

This ache for you 

is both childish and ancient. 

you are like the dew of dawn-

only those awake 

can see the sacred glint

before the day 

draws it away

هذا الشوق إليكِ

طفوليٌّ وقديمٌ في آنٍ واحد.

أنتِ كقطرات ندى الفجر -

لا يرى نورها المقدس إلا المستيقظون

قبل أن يمحوه النهار.