Meeting a Fig Tree
I know a fig tree walks in beauty singing a fair song as soon as my heart beats.
She uses elevators & electric stairs.
People are astonished by her actions, but she doesn’t even bother to argue with them.
She is very busy with counting the blessings on her enormous fingers.
I see a wild bird waving at everybody,
Running in hurry to different errands.
She understands what poetry means through silence.
Sometimes I feel as if I am a pond& millions ducks swimming around my waist
A crystal ball comes from somewhere at my feet,
My world turns upside down when I touch it
I locked in a fountain of light,
Here I am sitting peacefully with many versions of me.
Amirah Al Wassif is an award-winning published poet. For Those Who Don’t Know Chocolate was published in February 2019 by Poetic Justice Books & arts, and an illustrated children book: The Cocoa Boy and Other Stories was published in February 2020. Another poetry collection How to Bury a Curious Girl was published by Bedazzled Ink Publishing Company.