Dreams of Suffering, a Poem by Dr. Abdeljabbar Choukri

There is no way out of complaining

Except seeing existence smiling

There is no solution of crying 

Except wiping the tears

There is no outlet of sadness 

Except to fill the soul with joy

There is no collapse of despair

Except you cling to hope

There is no way to get rid of depression 

Except by indulging in laughter

There is no pleasure in life 

Except the giving of love

There is no no and no 

And there is except, 

Except and except

But in a moment of the time

I go to embrace the night 

I complain to it  my worries

I Bring back my memories 

From the past since my childhood

I find nothing only fluctuations in feelings

I find nothing only fluctuations in behavior

I find nothing only fluctuations in promises

I Remember when l was a child

My mother tells me Arab stories

One Thousand and One Nights

About Shahrayar and Scheherazade

About the enchanted palace

About Beauty of princess and the Beast

I find myself navigating 

In my mother's stories in Arab tales

She talks to me and talks to me 

until I fall asleep in deep sleep

- Dr. Abdeljabbar Choukri 

(Psychologist, Sociologist, Poet and Novolist)

Casablanca/Morocco