BEYOND THE SERENITY OF SHUMAISSY

By: Abdullah R. Sirad


Al Base Vie-Shumaissy, home of diversity
Its bungalows mushroomed in various sizes
Sheltered men of Phil, Ind, Pak, Bang, Mor, Leban…

Its scenic vicinity spells glamour & blur passions
among men full of dreams and fortitudes amidst desolation
Like a soldiers’ camp in a deserted place, tells men’s vigor and flaws

Along its hot and cool ambiance at day and night
Expresses the hot and cool sensations of everyone
Like a music that goes with the air, touches one’s heart deeply

Beyond its serenity at night
People loiter at its different parts
Conveying feelings in various ways and means

Some are solitarily stayed at its dramatic places
Staring at a far away horizon, flashing back memories
Throwing pebbles in a distance while tears fall down insensibly

Some are seen to its dim corner paradoxically
Chatting to love one on phone with joys & sorrows
Sometime ended up with outburst of laughing or howling

With its bungalow’s super-cold aircon
Some rolled themselves in blanket as if trembling
But in the bounds of it is someone shivering in weeping.

Its bungalows façade offer advantages
Some built Barber Shoppe therein to divert misery
Some spread mat somewhere, chatting ‘bout odd or vital things

At its segmented refectory
Bizarre foods are served in eat-all-you-can
Men flooded in it though it taste nauseating sometime

Over its open-air court
Some flock mockingly held tournament
Basketball, crickets and sackers among few

Men of assumingly hunk
Hang out on its smashing gym for minutes
Sacrificing to push, pull and jug on its archaic tools

On its terminal yard parked buses
Filthy as it is, men rush out one another to get in
Just to be transported to their desired destinations

This is Al Base Vie-Shumaissy
Homed men of both cozy and cantankerous
Alwyas convivial of fulfilling its men’s dreams.