Yasmeen Abdullah
Be A Neutral Hero
Be A Neutral Hero
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Acrylic On Canvas Painting by :
Yasmeen Abdullah -
I have a seat in the abandoned theater
Actors tear up their scripts and search for the author among us, we the witnesses sitting in our seats.
I say to my neighbor the artist: Don't brandish your weapon, and wait, unless you are the author!
And he asks me: Are you the author? No
And we sit frightened. I say: Be a neutral hero to escape a clear fate
So he says: A hero doesn't die glorified in the second scene. I'll wait for the rest. Perhaps I made an adjustment to one of the chapters. And perhaps I fixed what iron did to my brothers
So I say: Are you then?
He replies: You and I are masked authors and masked witnesses.
I say: What's it to me? I'm a spectator
So he says: There's no spectator at the mouth of an abyss... and no one here is neutral. And you must choose your role in the end
So I say: I lack the beginning, what is the beginning?
Mahmoud Darwish
