On the anniversary of the Lebanese civil war (it "officially" started on April 13th, 1975), Lebanese poet Muhammad `Ali Shams Ad-Din wrote this poem, A Speech of Pleading: To Two Green Monsters. Excerpts (my translation):
"Did you see?
I now plead with them now.
I pass between the orchards
and get frightened.
I pass between two green
monsters like a neck passes
between two shiny blades
and gets frightened
A long time has elapsed
And we have not earned between
two days
not a moment of certainty
and not a moment of unbelief
and not a moment for salvation
and not a moment for dissolution
I get frightened
Because I belong to the
in-between creatures
and get frightened
Because I belong to
the homelands that extend
from the air
like untrained acrobats
to countries from glittery
cobwebs
I am frightened because I fear
my homeland
I fear god and satans
turbans, tiaras, and beards
I fear the briefcase
and the glance
of the neighbor,
and whoever asks for my name
and my workplace
and my parking space.
I fear whoever asks about
my poem
about symbol and truth
I fear my mystery
and my clarity, I fear
I am frightened that time
flies
between one day and another...
I fear being killed by
a hooded man
I fear being killed by
somebody who does not know me
I fear that I may kill myself
by accident
I fear that my murder
may be registered against
an unknown
I fear that I do not have
time between two Aprils...
Our house was wiped from the earth,
and the ground was wiped from
underneath. They destroyed it
and robbed it and burned it.
I saw my books dispersed in
the streets and shops. And
sold on the sidewalks.
Nobody recognize us anymore."