You can do it


 

You can do it

Light a candle

One little candle

Watch the darkness fade away

 

Just try it out

 

One ray of light

Wipes away the gloomiest

Jet-black nights

As the dawn breaks

 

Just observe

 

Can you see that

All the might of darkness

In the world

Cannot distinguish

The faintest flicker

Of a beam of light

 

Light a candle

One little candle

Watch the darkness fade away

 

You can do it

 

22-04-2006

© Copyright 2006 Nahida Izzat  -PoetryforPalestine – All Rights Reserved 

Watching you is a prayer


Watching you is a prayer

This poem is dedicated to my beloved children


  

Your sweet smile

Tastes of paradise

So delightful

Glowing

Fills my heart with joy

Lifts me…. Lifts me…. Lifts me

I can fly

 

Watching you is a prayer

 

Your laughter

Captures my soul

Takes me to fairy-land

Where dancing trees live

 In rainbow homes

I’m lost in wonder

 

Watching you is a prayer

 

The twinkle in your eyes

Pierces my being

Explodes into a thousand million stars

I am dazzled with fascination


Watching you is a prayer

 

To the One who fashioned you

I kneel down

And pray

For watching you is a prayer

 

And I want to pray

For ever

May-2005

© Copyright 2006 Nahida Izzat  -PoetryforPalestine – All Rights Reserved

The rescue


The rescue

Deep… deep inside…

In the land of sorrow… where I reside

Only pain reigns

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Love grows rebellious

Hope stands defiant

Passion is resistance

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There, as my heart wrestles with sleep

Grief runs deep

Cutting through mountains

In caves and underground

Far beyond my reach

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It was raining agony… that day

Restless… agitated… weighed down

Haunted by my nightmare

You’re never coming home

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Looking up… into sky

Yelling for help

The soul murmurs

Here I am God… exhausted… give me your hand… come to my aid

Here I am God… full of sorrow… and anguish… ease my pain

Here I am God… hurt and tired… help me…hold me… heal me

Here I am God… lonely… be my friend and companion

Here I am God… lost… guide me… show me the way

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Like a dazzling morning at the crack of dawn dispelling all darkness

Like gentle rain drops drizzling over a parched piece of land

Like a rainbow flowing piercing through thick murky clouds

Like sweet scent of love drifting capturing your heart

Like a velvet ruby rose blooming right before your eyes

Like a soft warm blanket in a cold winter night

Like a tender mother’s hand stroking her child

I felt

God’s loving-hand

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Then…

Then this sweet… sweet comfort

Overwhelming

Mesmerizing

Enchanting

Caressing

Transforming

That troubled heart and distressed soul

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In this land of sorrow

Suddenly

Pain is overthrown and Passion regains again

And sweet… sweet comfort falls down as rain

Calm descends

Serenity prevails

Joy blooms

And sweet… sweet comfort falls down as rain

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© Copyright 2006 Nahida Izzat -PoetryforPalestine – All Rights Reserved

Why not?


Why not?

I can talk …I can walk

I can touch … I can taste

I can smell … I can breathe

So, why not shine?

I can think … I can blink

I can see … I can hear

I can feel … I can dream

So, why not shine? 

I can give … I can love

I can share … I can care

I can laugh … I can cry

So, why not shine?

 

People say:

You are living on cloud nine 

My reply:

You choose your life… and I choose mine

You are God’s masterpiece


You are God’s masterpiece 

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Yes… you

Those magical eyes

When you’re happy smiling

And even when you cry

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This mind of yours

A universe within

Fascinating, magnificent

By its very existence

But more so, its awareness

That it exists 

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That big warm heart

So loving, full of passion

Without even knowing how or why 

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Can you keep a secret?

If you promise,

I’ll share it with you…

Did you say yes?

Ok then… listen carefully

 

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Your desire for love is an in-built yearning

To be with the One Most Loving, God

 

Your hunger for justice is the innate longing

For the Supreme Just, God

 

Your search for peace is truly hunting

The Only Source of Peace, God

 

Your secret wish for eternity is merely a deep aspiration

For the Eternal God

  

Your profound fascination of beauty is purely awe and wonder

Of the One Most Beautiful, God

 

Your appreciation of all creative arts is simply admiration

Of the One Most Creative, God

 

Beware, don’t be distracted by signs on the way

They’re only means to get you by

Don’t mistake them for your aim

Otherwise; your harvest will merely be

Big disappointments and flat empty dreams

A heart full of sorrow confused and jeopardized

Carry on along the path

Your home and final destination

Is the One and Only, God

For… you are God’s very own

Masterpiece

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Woodland symphony


 

Woodland symphony 

The last lonely ray of sunshine

Kissed my face goodbye

 Gently warming my soul

A soft blanket of summer warmth

Draws near

Giving my heart a big hug

 In the deep woodland silence

Every language was spoken

With no words at all

I could hear them loud and clear

In my heart within my soul

 Their mysterious charming whispers

Chanting psalms and chatting away

Softly praying with compassion

Tender voices and delight   

In harmony they sang their hymns

I couldn’t help but joining in

 We became one symphony

Showered with bliss,

 Divine love and joy

Heavenly music is found here

Escape the fuss, come and rejoice

 

Finger prints


 

Finger prints

 I often wondered why

Can’t I

See the beauty in a plastic jar

Touch the warmth of an iron bar

Feel the passion of a metallic car

Unlike a rose, a bird, a baby, a tree, a stone, or a star

Suddenly, I came to realize

That all real beauties

From the largest galaxy

To the smallest grain of sand

Carry the same mysterious

Fingerprint

 The one and only

The original

Signature of God 

Yet on the others you read:

Artificially

"Man-made"

 

 

Simply .. just sane


Did you touch the sky, one day

With finger-tips of love and joy ?

Did you feel the wind, one day

Dancing with your heart … hoy… hoy

Did you hear your doll, one day

Praying along with every toy ?

Did you smell the grass, one day

Breathing hope in and out comes pain ?

Did you slide the rainbow, one day

Ridding wings of angels… painting drops of rain ?

Did you ask your self, one day

Am I really mad

Or simply…just sane !

If Only You Could Hear!


If Only You Could Hear!

If you can

Just sit for a moment

And listen …

Listen to the birds

Singing songs of praise

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Listen … to the breeze

Whispering to the trees

“Would you pray with me tonight?”

“Yes, with all my heart,

Love, joy and delight”

 

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Listen …

Can you hear the rhythm

Of the stone’s heartbeat?

“I love you God”

Their words with every beat

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Listen …

Can you hear the silence

In a tranquil summer night

Deep … deep .. silence

Is the language of the heart

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Listen …

Rain drops tap-dancing

Tip-top … drip-drop

Tiny elegant steps

A never-ending story

Proclaiming God’s wonders

And His majestic glory 

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Listen …

Can you feel the serenity

Of golden wheat grains

Bowing down their heads

Giving mother earth

A great big embrace

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Listen…

Can you hear the rainbow

Stretching up and down

Reaching out to heaven

Then bending like a clown

Dazzling amalgamation

Most certainly divine

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Listen …

The dignified roses

Extending out their hands

Calling you to pray

Come and join the crowd

God is The Greatest

Most Gracious, Most Kind

 

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Listen …

Atoms are dancing

Going round and round

Joyful in their orbits

What a graceful band

Praising their creator

Joining hand in hand

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Listen …

Numbers are standing

Magnificent is the sign

Starting from the zero

Infinite is the line

Unique in their performance

Majestic their design

Praying in adoration

Humbly kneeling down

 

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Listen …

Galaxies are twirling

Wrapped up in cosmic light

Swaying in their dresses

Glowing through the night

All shapes colours and sizes

What an awesome sight

Glorifying their Designer

Grace, peace and delight

 

 

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