By Ahmad Al-Khatat
The last rainbow that appeared,
recognized me from my eyes
he told me that I survived the war
and that he saved my life
he said that back in my homeland
he can’t be seen when he appears,
instead he helps the angels to paint by
Marking the children with my colours
he painted red on the ones that died
he painted orange on the hungry ones
he painted yellow on the ill ones
he painted green on the orphaned ones
he painted blue on the heavily wounded ones
he painted indigo on the ones with last breath
and lastly, he painted me with violet
to live between all of my old friends
Who died, and I did not
Ahmad Al-Khatat, was born in Baghdad, Iraq on May 8th. He has been published in several press publications and anthologies all over the world and has poems translated in several languages. He has published two poetry books “The Bleeding Heart Poet” and “Love On The War’s Frontline” which are available on Amazon. Most of his new and old poems are also available on his official page Bleeding Heart Poet on Facebook.
