Tag Archives: poetry

I write

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Read Stuff With Me!

I write Sometimes I’m not a writer Just someone who puts pen to paper To find words  For things unsaid For the inner turmoil  The comfort, the dread. I write When everything is quiet Even more when it’s not To … Continue reading →

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What choice do you have?

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Read Stuff With Me!

You didn’t know life would abruptly be reduced to needing that hospital bed Or one of those “life-saving” drugs Or just some oxygen For a few more breaths. You’d feel helpless You’d be in pain You’d close your eyes sometimes … Continue reading →

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You don’t want to fall

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Read Stuff With Me!

How do you fly When you’re tied to the ground You spread your wings You let them flutter You try to escape But your feet are bound. How do you dream With that blurry-eyed vision You envision the laughter You … Continue reading →

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Isolation

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Read Stuff With Me!

These present times Will help you test How you find togetherness In distances How you sit with yourself In silence. How you learn to be still And slow down How there’s no escape No running away From who you are … Continue reading →

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Humans

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Read Stuff With Me!

We write We dream about writing, We love We dream about loving. We have it all But then we have nothing We crave attention But also tell ourselves  It doesn’t matter. We hope when everything Is close to falling apart. … Continue reading →

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Of Children of Syria

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Read Stuff With Me!

Turkish photographer Osman Sağırlı took this picture at the Atmeh refugee camp in December 2014 Osman Sağırlı   Mom hold me here And hold me there Clutch my bones From everywhere I feel the fear I feel the pain The … Continue reading →

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Those Dreams…

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Read Stuff With Me!

I think I keep it in a veil A dream that flutters inside my hub It urges me one time and more, Speaks words I cannot fathom Begets imaginings each day To stir the essence of my core.   No, … Continue reading →

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My Friends Are Special…

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Read Stuff With Me!

Not because they hold me In the scary thickening cold Not because they kick me For some reasons untold. They’d always light up darkness With warm and tender smiles Replace my bare walls With vibrant colored tiles. Not because they … Continue reading →

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Dreams…

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Read Stuff With Me!

Wandering about the quiescent desert You can find me rummaging around For an oasis that would quench my thirst Soothing the emotions unbound. Whirling in the depth of an ocean You’ll see me absorb the cold, Shuttling amid the bliss … Continue reading →

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I’d be there…

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Read Stuff With Me!

I told you I’d be there Embracing this life In the mist; In the rain In those moments of pain I told you I’d be there. When it turns upside down And the roads are bent and hard Amidst the … Continue reading →

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