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Raw

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian

This poem is dedicated to my friend Genie (Palestine Rose)

When you write raw

You leave your heart exposed
Unmasked
Unprotected

It will carry many cuts and bruises

It might even bleed its life out

I too, write raw

Not to appease
Neither to please
And certainly not to hurt or cause harm

Not to praise or to be praised
Not to condemn or put anyone down

But to heal and ease the pain
Of an injured world
With which I fell madly in love
Long before the day I was born

I hear rivers and oceans weeping I go to pieces
I see the tears running down sky’s face,

I melt away, I go insane

I would peel off the kernel of my soul
I would crush my being to nothingness
I would dwindle and wither away
I would set my heart ablaze
To see a child smile

Take my heart
Take my heart
grind it down
Sprinkle the dust over this tormented world
Turn it to compost
Let it feed love-hungry souls

In the palm of my hand I hold my heart, tender and sore
With delight I give it away
Watch the blossoms budding around
As one child smiles again

Wouldn’t you?

Filed under: heart songs, soul songs | Tagged: children, heart, hurt, love, pain, soul songs | 11 Comments »

Touch of magic

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian

Amidst the nightmarish ‘surreality’ we live in today, remember to hold on to those you love. Cherish every moment with your family, friends and spiritual family, those who fill your life with sweetness, tenderness, kindness, and joy, those who never fail to brush your day with a

Touch of magic

Today

Everything was black and white…

Void of your presence

My world was grey

You walk in

All blushes with blossom

Vibrant… fantastic hues

Today

My universe was 2D

I could only slide sideways

Just about left or right

You walk in

Up… I pop… I jump

In so many directions

My cosmos is of ten dimensions

Free… I fly

Today

I was blue icy cold

My shattered frosty pieces

Rattled inside

You walk in

My spring blooms

Jasmine… lilies…

Tulips and azaleas

Today

I was diminishing

Fraying… fading away

You walk in

My heart… consoled

My smile… radiant

My soul… whole

Restored

Today… all was dull

Shrouded with gloom

Clouded by despair

With a touch of magic

Of your being

Life is transformed

Exhilarating

Majestic

Supreme

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As a child

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian

Don’t ever lose your sense of wonder

Look as a child with eyes open wide

You will see

Marvel at every leaf you come by

As you hold between your fingers

Laugh with tantalizing raindrops

As they touch your beautiful face

Fill your soul with glee… delightful

As you run to meet the rainbow

Don’t ever lose your sense of wonder

Listen as child with attentive heart

You will hear

Feel the awe as you’re filled with joy

While you sing your favourite tune

Swirl… twirls… jump… hop… and skip

As you chant with doves of love

Be amazed at the joyful breeze

Blowing through your dancing hair

Don’t ever lose your sense of wonder

Observe as child with a soul so tender

You will understand

Don’t ever lose your sense of wonder

Filed under: soul songs | Tagged: children, innocence, joy, life, love, soul | Leave a comment »

Do Jews Have to Love Gentiles Unconditionally?

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian

Filed under: Videos | Tagged: gentiles, Jewish ideology, love | 7 Comments »

May

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian

May…

In your garden
May your good deeds
Flower before your eyes
Bright and colourful

Around your shoulders
May your kind actions
Swathe you with love
Warm and serene

Beneath your feet
May your nice words
Blossom poppies and lilies
Startling and sublime

Eternally
May your tender heart
Be filled with joy so sweet

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People with Green Hearts

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian

Arabic poem,

Author شهرزاد الخليج

Translated and illustrated by Nahida Exiled Palestinian

People with green hearts

The colour of trees is the colour of their hearts

Their dreams… water pure

Their imagination… sky wide

They are capable of infinite forgiveness

Have the ability to bathe in optimism

And to wash themselves in dreams to the very last drop

People with green hearts

Don’t ever expect to be stabbed from the back

By a hand that once shook theirs

Their days and seasons are works of art painted with hope

They don’t learn easily from their mistakes

Instead, they keep repeating them like a child’s bad habits

They offer hearts around them infinite trust

They’re incapable of seeing the colour black in existence

People with green hearts

Come intimately near to those who pass them by in life,

So much so that they are glued to them

They cling to the minute details

Ever trusting of those around

Creative in finding excuses to the faults of others

People with green hearts

Cling onto beginnings like mad

Reject endings fiercely

They can’t comprehend separation

They trick reality with a dream

The dream with an illusion

On the map of hope, they occupy vast areas

People with green hearts

Don’t recognise mistrust or deception

Nor do they cause others to taste portrayal

They start with purity

And end up with faithfulness

Longing steals much of their time

They keep loyal to their tales until death

Yesterday has immense reverence in their lives

People with green hearts

Play the role of peace doves

Spreading love on earth

Help in building abodes of joy

They hasten to mend the broken hearts

And talk with the voice of affection

About love and dreams

They make you feel that it’s them

Who invented the colour “white” in this universe

People with green hearts

Hold fast to childhood, despite the passing of years

Their hearts forever young

Their souls never grow old, nor become polluted

Their faces reflects babyhood innocence

Their eyes mirror truthfully their essence

They’re not good at hiding, or deceiving

And fail miserably in wearing masks

People with green hearts

Never fail you when you need them

They are the first to cover your needs

When feeling overwhelmed;

They are the first thing that you lay your eyes upon

The first who come to your rescue when drowned in sorrow

When you are suffocated they’d give you their breath

They’d make their lives a life ring thrown to you

People with green hearts

When they love, they love passionately

When they are faithful, they are faithful passionately

When they get a shock, the get a shock passionately

And when they are broken, they are broken passionately

When they give, they give passionately

And when they cry, they cry passionately

If you find yourself embraced

By one of those with green hearts

Cling onto them… passionately

As they are a rare treasure

In times of colour-shifting hearts

Filed under: heart songs, soul songs | Tagged: civilization, green hearts, humanity, love, morality | 4 Comments »

World, I Love You

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian

We could learn so much from children, their love, their curiosity, their bewilderment, their optimism, their joy for the smallest things, their innate kindness, their natural ability to forgive and move on, and their resilience and miraculous way they bounce back after a fall, a fight or a cry

In times of great upheaval and when darkness prevails, it is the remembrance of what is important that will keep us going.

Hope thrives by sustaining and fostering our humanity, amidst the gloomy hours of turbulence and anguish.

The other day

I looked into your eyes

I saw Heaven

My heart giggled

Fluttered its wings

and flew away

Looking above, I saw my heart growing

Growing . . . growing

Filling up . . . Overflowing

Pouring out love

Embracing All

Engulfed in euphoria

Trees swayed in jubilation

Mountains imbibed within

Meadows twirled in elation

Sand trembled of devotion

Beautiful grins bounced around

* * *

Dolphins raced butterflies

Creeks jumped into River and rivers dived into the Ocean

Earth splashed its feet in cosmic dust

Supernovas danced while nesting within

Galaxies chased baby stars to heaven

In one eternal moment of singularity

Time and space ran away

Steadfast, my heart remained

Filled with awe my heart contained

All … there … is

Besotted, swept off my feet

I hooped and looped I swirled with joy

In disbelief, I looked down

Is that me?

Shrinking?

Petals scattered

A speck of dust . . . faded away

I am gone

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What Really Matters!

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian

Nahida the exiled Palestinian

When all gets dark

And life loses its colours

When evil tightens the grip

And the wicked leads the way

When fall falls before its time

and frost grows around

When your heart is torn and worn,

and you feel like throwing it away

Don’t give up, just wait a little while,

Turn your back

Close your eyes and

Remember what you have forgotten

Try to find if you’ve lost,

Apologize if you’ve hurt,

Forgive if you have been hurt,

Caress if you’ve been deprived,

Pursue, if you have dream

Share if you’ve been bereft,

Giggle if you’ve been aggrieved,

Embrace if you’ve been shun,

Give if you’ve been denied,

Excel if you’ve been scorned,

Feed if you’ve tasted hunger

Rejoice if you’ve felt somber

Accompany those who know

Hold on tight to those you love,

Cherish those who care for you,

Because life is too short

and it is full of wonder

Filed under: heart songs, mind songs, soul songs | Tagged: care, compassion, future, hope, humanity, love, trying | Leave a comment »