This poem is a tip of the hat to the movie, Lawrence of Arabia, where Lawrence is schooled by his Arab friend after claiming that he is a mere servant. His friend recounts many epic deeds and concludes: “Yet I am poor, because I am a river to my people.” Here is a clip from the movie.
Humble Chic – “Yet I am poor, because I am a river to my people.”
He was a leader
Of desert people
Unburdened by cosmopolitan weighs
A nomadic people
As long as remembered
Lasting longer than foundations of mere stone
In habiting like camels
Each one worth more
Than a thousand asses
In a desert clime
The sheik beyond pride
A solemn lake him
When bribed
No’ing
There is no choice
In bought and souled
Like sow much sand
In a whirled full
Flooded by dam politicians
He cries
Out
I am a river to my people
And no man can
Conceivably father a parching son
If be well
May great wealth of awe kinds flow through you like a river to all people.
