“High Tide” by Dale Innis on Midjourney AI Art
Please Press Play to hear me recite my poem to the music by Elie Karam (Syrian Singer)
entitled: “Baadima”
The Tides
The tide is coming in and I smell that sweet hope upon the wind.
When it raked the shores, so violently, while going out to sea,
I felt such loss; the tide swept us up and carried away a part of me.
I was stranded, hopeless, floating, in the darkness holding my breath
All I could see were the drowning around me and waited for certain death.
But today I felt the tug of the ocean pulling us back from where we had come.
The sky glowed red, tides changed direction, just as the sun was going to set.
When the clouds parted, those with eyes saw something they would never forget.
The tides, grabbed on to those who had lost hope and pulled us back once more,
I thanked those benevolent tides of reason and compassion that we were returned to shore.
And there were celebrations all day and night when all of us stood safely on land.
We kissed the ground, so happy to be saved, to have found our way back home again.
We all knew if the tides had not shifted, there would be no rejoicing anywhere today,
Instead we would be burying our dead, wailing and mourning and digging our graves.
Karima Hoisan
December 16, 2023
Costa Rica
Digital Rabbit Hole 
Hoping that tide turns all the way, soon! Beautifully expressed.
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InshAllah Dale…me too 🙏
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Beautifully written and expressed by your voice and the music Karima 💖💖
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Thank you so much Maggie…sometime we just feel it in the air and things change for better…for everyone InshAllah 🌈
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My pleause Karima 💖
Love, light and Peace my friend 🙏
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and also for you:)🙏
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It is always such a pleasure to read along to your beautiful recitations, Karima, and revel in the powerful imagery of your poetry!
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Thank you Layla, and I love knowing you do that!!:) How cool is that? Thank you for all your positive comments about my poetry. As you know, I too am a great admirer of yours…which makes it even more special:)
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A new comment from my dear friend Jan, who still is struggling with her WP password and therefore can’t comment
“Love it all of it…music is amazing, perfect….. ahhh the tides, must shift….. return to hope”
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Thank you Jan and yes InshAllah, we will see this shift…soon.
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Powerful, Karima. Truly… ❤
~David
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Thank you so much David. I have made my desktop into a visualization Board…things I most hope for…This picture is in the center of my dekstop:
https://filedn.com/l7Df4R6F1DTBv0B99l7YP6L/hug.jpg Shalom my friend.
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❤ ❤ ❤
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🙏
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Very profound and heart-wrenching poem!
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Thank you Dawn, it’s my hope for the tragedy that is unfolding every day in The Middle East.
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