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Topography of my soul
A Tear for the World
I feel your throbbing pain
O World
I see your bleeding soul
I cringe, I go insane
Weary, I retreat
To the land of barren tears
Where no man has ever been
In silence, I weep
“O dear God”
I whisper
“How can such a small heart,
Take all this pain?”
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Is it really cruel?
People say
What happened to you is so cruel… so unfair
To have to lose khaled in such an awful way
When you were so much in love
I say, yes it is very painful
But not at all cruel
Death is nothing but a gateway
Everything dies… Everyone dies
Why should I be the exception?
His journey ended before mine
That’s all
And soon I’ll follow
It’s only a matter of time
Before we are together again
We come to life
Only for a while
Also… the law goes
The higher you fly up
The greater is your fall
The more intensely you enjoy your love
The more painful is your sorrow
This only fair
Some live and die
Without experiencing real love
And I’ve experienced all
It’s not cruel to give something back
And to feel more pain
Is not unfair
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Raw
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
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?
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