one day before yesterday

last night i was with the gods

payed a visit to their heavens and hells

yesterday 

there was light 

then there was sound

then there was a space 

then there was man 

then there was energy 

then they all went to dance 

they don’t pray here

they just dance 

and dance and dance

last night

i met apollo!

he transformed his music into blood

it travels through the veins 

to reach the heart and a brain

to resurrect the dead inside   

i drank with dionysus! 

he told me things he saw

and lessons he learnt

from all the love and the unlove

confessions he heard in drunken moments 

i saw hades from far! 

all serious and shit

he stands on a podium 

dances gracefully 

he does not smile 

yesterday 

hermes paved the way 

broke all the boundaries 

he whispered secrets i can not share

i drowned in a sea of bodies

then floated then drowned again 

until zeus came down and danced with me 

then we owned the universe

the seas and the land 

yesterday 

i remembered you 

for a second or two

and forgave my self 

for being happy without you

yesterday i went to the underworld

and knew what lust meant

then rose up to heaven 

and kissed a god or two

yesterday is a past 

something that joyfully died

and you

you my dear 

you are one day before yesterday 

alaa minawi
27 april 2014