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Farida Mihoub/False Ambitions


Like rain that pours over our lives 
And storms that shake our existence
We stand aside and far from our desires
Achieving things at such a distance  

If all those who’ve dropped down 
The ones they have used up 
Could wake up and look around 
They’d see the grief they have set up 

Blinded by false ambitions 
And making more demands 
Where lies the definition 
Of the most important 

In all our disagreements 
Whether minor or central 
So many consequences 
Kill all that is potential 

Since all our differences and diversity
Are regarded with perversity
How can we hope to become true again 
And erase all that’s insane from our brain 

Blinded by false ambitions 
Sightless remote horizons 
Are keeping a high profile
Concealing hopeful outlines 

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