الحمد لله على نعمة الحياة بحلوها ومرها
الحمد لله على نعمة الرؤية بجمالها وآلامها
الحمد لله على نعمة السمع بعذوبتها وضجيجها
الحمد لله على نعمة الحب بروعتها وأوجاعها
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Forever Thank You
Posted on January 26, 2017 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Thank you for the gift of life
Sweet or bitter, the experience is worth it
Thank you for the gift of sight
Beauty or ugly, the WOW of it is worth it
Thank you for the gift of hearing
Soft or thunder, the puzzlement is worth it
Thank you for the gift of consciousness
Cherished or ditched, the wonder of it is worth it
Thank you for the gift of love
Joyous or painful, the marvel of it is worth it
Thank you for every atom ever created
Thank you for every grain of sand ever existed
Thank you for every breath by a soul ever taken
Thank you for every flower ever bloomed or yet to bloom
Thank you for every heartbeat ever pounded
Thank you for every ray of sunshine ever sparkled
Thank you for every sound ever heard
Thank you for every star ever burst into being
Thank you for every sun, moon and planet ever spun
Thank you for every galaxy ever spiraled in perfection
Thank you for every subatomic particle and black-hole big or small
Thank you for every act of kindness ever done by a living being
Thank you for every word ever spoken
Thank you for every song, every tune, every prayer and every psalm ever filled a heart with awe, splendour and adoration
Thank You God forever and ever
❤ and I love You ❤
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Heavenly Waterfall
Posted on January 26, 2017 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Darkness descends
Eyes shut, humanity falls down
Sludgy deep hole
I gasp for sanity
Help me Lord, slippery world
Don’t let me drown
Beloved child despair not
Hold on my hand
Fly towards my shoal
Cascade of light
Trickled from above
A rainbow from Heaven bathed my soul
Bubbles of love
Washed away my fear and pain
A wondrous waterfall
Danced my heart with joy
No longer broken
My being is bouncing whole
Blessed be thy Holy Name
Sublime is your tenderness
Graceful is your call
Thine is majestic glory
Most Gracious Most Loving
The Kindest of all
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All Shades of Wonder
Posted on January 26, 2017 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Weary of my colour?
Don’t be, God chose it for me
I do love His gift, magnificent
A touch of paint divine
Sublime brush is splashing
Perfect is the Maker
All shades of tender beauty
Glorious the design
Look into my eyes
Come and hold my heart
Feel my compassion
Fear me not, truly I am benign
A heavenly kiss awakens
Lonely jittery souls
A breath of love embracing
O feel it, brother of mine
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Mystic Ties
Posted on December 28, 2016 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
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We chased a rainbow one day
Pots of gold we found abound
Dormant, deep in our hearts
Bonded souls in separate realms
Intertwined, with mystic ties
Chant together Psalms of hope
Until we meet, loyal we stay
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Don’t Miss it
Posted on December 19, 2016 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Life is full of surprises
Rejoice in the beauty you find on the way 
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Humanity’s Heart
Posted on December 18, 2016 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Heart Whisper
Posted on December 18, 2016 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Share the nectar of your heart
It will bloom in abundance
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Know Thy Self
Posted on December 18, 2016 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Connect with the child within, they say
I am the child within, I say
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Biography of an Odd-Soul
Posted on December 17, 2016 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
* * *
A silent child I was
Hardly ever spoken
This girl is abnormally quiet, they whispered
She must be deaf or dumb
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* * *
In a world of my own
Mind running amok
Curious feral child
Up a fig tree, pomegranate or mulberry
Dreaming endlessly
Tantalized by a world of wonder
Bursting with questions
Dying for answers
How did it all begin?
Where is it heading?
And why?
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* * *
How many stars are there?
How come they don’t fall?
Why are shimmering?
Where do they go daytime?
What are sun and moon, doing up there?
What would we find at the edge of universe?
* * *
* * *
Who I really am?
How come I can think?
Who is that talking inside my head,
When my lips are utterly sealed?
What am I doing here?
Where did I come from?
And most intriguing, why?
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Looking at ants, wow, I am gigantic!
From afar, the minaret is smaller than my little finger
Up a mountain, flabbergasted, O my O my
I am so tiny, the sky is so high
* * *
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Untamed child, with a stolen heart
Captured by a net, weaved of stars
A sky-gazer, fascinated by all
Every flying leaf, every passing breeze
Every living being, big or small
* * *
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My dad called me Elm, (knowledge in Arabic)
What do you want to be when you grow up
He asked one day
“A Philo-phoser”, certain, I replied
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At school, I would turn red-jam-jelly
When spoken to, or asked a question
Hence the nickname, Nena Red cheeks
* * *
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My friends would hang around a bit, then would move on
They want to chat, play and run
I want to sit still, let my mind meander, up above the clouds
Why sky is blue? what are these fluffs scattered below?
If I stretch my hands that far, would I find out what they really are?
A silent child I was, an odd-soul
To play with, apparently was not much fun
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Teenage years didn’t change much
My friends would be chattering and giggling away
When I draw near their chats would turn to whispers
To this very day, I have no idea what was going on
I knew they mentioned boys, but for heavens sake
Why was it so funny? what were the giggles all about?
A silent child I was, an odd-soul
To include in conversations, apparently wasn’t cool
* * *
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Bothered, I was most certainly not
In fact I was relieved
Too fascinated in my world of wonder
Vast and ever expanding
With this awesomeness, who would want some silly jokes anyway
A silent child I was, an odd-soul
A dreamer living a dream
Eden hues, supreme
* * *
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