Omar El Qayedy is a private center English teacher in Marrakech. He graduated with an English B.A. form Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakesh. He is a second year M.A. student of linguistics at the same university for the academic years of 2014-2016. He has got a modest experience in teaching in public and private sectors. His interest is writing in spite of some hindrances.
Marrakech, Morocco
The age quickly went.
I was expecting
in all of my life to get an immortal age.
People benefited from
their times… and I
keep expecting a prolonged life.
I have missed the occasions.
Unemployment has got me out
of my job
and I go on.
The love of nice times I missed
Keep gnawing at me
Time after time; it cannot cross
My mind that I neglected
precious opportunities which
will never come to me
to enjoy; they are missed occasions!
The age has quickly gone.
The disappointment has spread out
With lost hope to make
My situation change.
How has this happened?
Which way should I take
to catch up all of my missed life?
What should I do?
Nowadays, I feel as if I am a boy
when I consider my experience,
but I really get I am old
when I consider my age.
My life is turbulent after all.
I always wonder if I could get back
the fresh times at which I may replace
the lost past to become pleased,
but it is not possible;
for that, I always blame myself.
The age has quickly gone
It crossed my life like a lightning,
and of that I could not be aware.
To remember how it passed and left me
living with suffering from
unemployment,
sadness,
disappointment,
disillusionment,
poverty,
loneliness,
literacy,
and a chance
for an old man who did not make use of his times.
The age has quickly gone.
It crossed my life, and I
Keep expecting.