Edge of Childhood

By: Abdl Razzk Al-Rubaei
Translated by: Asma Hamed al-Masruri
The time that was eroded
In my school-picture’s edges
it witnesses
that my face was shaved off wrinkles
And I did not have a mustache
Were not mine
A medical eyeglass.
The period that was eroded
it witnesses,
that my hair was not dominated by white
which have fun as if in his dad’s house!
Were not mine
Heart with intense sadness
I had no sins,
joint pain
and, belly protruding forward.
It also witnesses
The taste of chocolate was not acid.
And has not been in my way to the star
Impasse
It witnesses
Sleep was not hard
Eye was not drowning by water griefs
I did not have this
When I smiled to the light face
In school yard.