May we look, so we may see
May we listen, so we may hear
May we touch, so we may feel
May we think, so we may learn
May we see, hear, feel and learn,
So we may love, adore, share and care ♥
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May We Learn
Posted on September 15, 2016 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Kissed By Heaven
Posted on March 30, 2016 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Heaven descends
Caresses your cheeks
Poses a kiss
On your weary brow
You smile
Life blooms
With a tight embrace
and few tears
Heaven holds your heart
Washes your feet
You smile
Life blooms
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Just to See You Smile
Posted on January 20, 2016 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
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I peel the petals of my heart
One by one
Lay them down
A pillow, fragrant and tender
Just for you
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I grate the kernel of my soul
Day by day
Stitch with stardust
A cocoon, warm and cozy
Just for you
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I glean the tears of my eyes
Droplet by droplet
Fill a lake, a sea or an ocean
To wash fear, pain and sorrow
For time without end
Just for you
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I gather the beats of my heart
Hour after hour
A string of starts
Sew it a blanket, silk and velvet
Just for you
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Only to see you smile again
and for your beautiful eyes to gleam
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May I Go Back, a Child
Posted on September 30, 2015 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
I want to go back, a child,
A child who does not read newspapers, nor listen to news
Does not know wars, ignorant in the art of worrying,
Does not master politics nor write poetry
I want to go back, a child,
Playing in the folds of history,
Hiding beneath a bird’s wings
I want to go back, a child forgotten by time,
Left behind, never to be seen again
I want to go back a child, lost her way to tomorrow,
Distracted by flowers and fairies
Racing to the river to throw pebbles,
Rolling down hills, climbing trees and valleys
Gathering za’ater and basil leaves for grandma’s dinner
Then running back home for bedtime story
Bathe her rag-doll in summer dew,
Embroider her a nightdress with a thread of stars,
Adorn her hair with a rainbow wreath
In her heart whisper a lullaby
Rock a bye baby, may you fall asleep,
Tranquil and serene
Blessed the Most Sublime, how glorious the gift of life
Let her sleep, let her sleep, a pair of doves, waiting for her
Fly away little doves, but not for long,
Come back and sing for my beloved so she may fall asleep
Of water and clay make a dough, bake with loves and olive oil,
So my sweetheart may in the morning eat
Pick some grapes and prickly pears
Eat sweetheart, our land is generous, our sky is wide,
Our world, is magic, our life an astounding journey
I want to go back, a child,
Stacking stones, build palaces out of sand
Verandas for homes with windows vast and tall,
No fences around, no borders or walls
Galloping down the stream at the crack of dawn
An untamed dame, riding a golden horse
To rescue the captives in dungeons below
I want to go back, a child,
Swaying in her grandma’s thobe
Carpet of poppies, splash of daisies and dandelions
A whiff of jasmine, mint and vine,
Plaiting her hair with sapphire and a moon
Wearing mother’s bracelet, mischievous joy,
Then, hiding behind the curtain, not to be chastised
I want to go back, a child,
A child who does not read newspapers, nor listen to news
Does not know wars, ignorant in the art of worrying,
Does not master politics nor write poetry
I want to go back, a child,
Playing in the folds of history,
Hiding beneath a bird’s wings
I want to go back a child, forgotten by time,
Left behind, never to be seen again
O time, be kind
Hold this fragile heart in tenderness,
For it has melted of compassion, for those in pain
Crushed yearning for peaceful past days
I want to go back, a child, sleeping like a baby,
Waking to songs of swallows and nightingales
Not sounds of bombs, wars and threat of wars
O Grace, Most Merciful, Most Sublime
Take this broken heart,
Split asunder,
Scatter its dust over this justice-parched globe
Spring water, sweet and healing
To an ebbing gasping Home
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Love
Posted on August 16, 2015 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Scent of Heaven
Taste of eternity
Screenshot of Paradise
Glimpse into the Divine
Love is the point where the Infinite meets the finite
Where the Boundless embraces phi ∅
Love is the magnificent energy preceding creation,
Causing all, to be
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Love grows forever
Posted on June 26, 2015 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
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No matter how colourful
No matter how grey
No matter how joyful
No matter how full of pain
No matter what we lose
No matter what we gain
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Seen from above
Life is but a game
Captured in a story
Once upon a dream
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Awakened hearts
Tightly intertwined
Time and space do not contain
No separation no restrain
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Nurtured in adoration
Blossoms in drought as in rain
Shins through darkness
A cosmos exploding, supernova plays insane
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When injustice becomes the law
When confusion leads many astray
Awakened hearts
Always find a way
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Cherishing life, embracing all
Vessels of compassion heeding the call
Without distinction, holding creation big and small
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Let there be hearts tender and pure
Floating lilies in a nectar river
Sublime serene, love grows forever
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Art work credit to
Yasmeen Olya and Layla Nowras
Yasmeen Olya and Layla Nowras
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Human Hands
Posted on April 6, 2015 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Human hands, made for giving
A pounding heart ever forgiving
“An outwards sign of inwards grace”
To give lone souls a loving embrace
Caring hands never cause harm
For sore open wounds, balsam and balm
Helping hands give and share
Tender, compassionate above being fair
Healing hands caress your pain
The kiss of life to the dying, the slain
Humble hands raised up to pray
Dancing rainbows rejoice in play
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Heart Whisper
Posted on March 1, 2015 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
We do not choose our circumstances
We do however, choose how to react to them
Our very reaction is what creates our destiny
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Our Humanity …انسانيتنا
Posted on November 6, 2014 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
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انسانيتنا تتجلى في عبق عشقنا للعدل والرحمة والحرية
كما حديقة غناء في لب ارواحنا
ليس على ضحل قشورنا بل في سويداء القلوب
هناك… فقط هناك
تولد انسانيتنا المفعمة بالحب للخالق وما خلق
وهناك تزهر وجدانياتنا بإلاخلاص والايثار والتواضع والسكينة
فلا نزاع ولا صراع ولا خوف ولا قلق
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Our humanity is reflected in the fragrance of our passion
for justice, compassion and freedom
A meadow at the core of our souls
Not in the shallow shells of mortals,
but in the deepest melancholy of our beings
There and only there
Our humanity is born
Teeming with love of the Creator and creation
There, blooms our hearts
with sincerity, altruism, humility and serenity
Where no dispute, no conflict, no fear, no anxiety
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Little Miracles
Posted on October 25, 2014 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
I gaze at your eyes
I marvel, I’m in awe
I touch your face
I marvel, I’m in awe
I kiss your cheeks
I marvel, I’m in awe
I smell your hair
I marvel, I’m in awe
I hear your laughter
I marvel, I’m in awe
I hold your hand
I marvel, I’m in awe
I tickle your feet
I marvel, I’m in awe
Baby, what Sublime Hand has made you?
What heavenly mist breathed you here?
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Poetry for Palestine 