Posted on December 3, 2006 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Taste of love
I didn’t see the wonders of love
Until your eyes gazed into mine
I didn’t feel the warmth of love
Until your hand reached out to mine
I didn’t sense the joy of love
Until your heart danced with mine
I didn’t know the taste of love
Until you held me in your arms
Hold me closer
Hold me tighter
Hide me safely
In your heart
10-2-2006
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When I held the world
There, on the top of the mountain
I sat with you
You held me in your arms
And in my arms I held the world
There on the top of the mountain
Dawn spread its wings out … took a deep breath
Embraced us with a smile
Daisies looked at you
Yearning to be picked up, as you crowned me with
The stream invited us to dip our feet in
Join its mystic dance
Hills dozed off, dreaming of a life resembling ours
The breeze whispered the tale of our love
Our hearts discovered heaven
There, on the top of the mountain
I needed no more
I desired no more
In my arms I held the world

9-2-2006
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Without you
A wingless dove… struggling to survive
A dry flower… Fighting for its life
A soulless body… I linger
Without you by my side
A drained heart
Like Moses’ mother’s
Gazing at the basket
As her baby drifted away
Exhausted by yearning
Forever waiting
Hopelessly
Searching for your voice
In your old files and papers
Looking for your heartbeat
Between the pages of your diary
Running after your footsteps
Amid garden grass and sand grains
Seeing your face in all the faces
In all pictures and in all magazine covers
In vain
Craving for your hug
Chasing your breath
Clinging to your shadow
Following your smile
Finding nothing
But the echo of despair
Without you by my side
I am barely a human mirage
12-2-2006
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Trapped
Every morning
I wake up
Into my nightmare
Stretching my arm out
YOU ARE NOT THERE
My heart screams
I want to break FREE
And follow you
25—6-2006
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