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Yara Rouhana Poem
He calls- seldom I answer
They feel stiff.
He cries- seldom I console
They feel weak.
He knocks for entrance
Though inside he lives
He enters- He observes me smiling
I shut him off completely- He’s out
I call- he’s always there
They smile.
I cry- he never turns his back
They tear.
I enter his world-I never knock
He welcomes.
I can hear some gossip in delight
Others just groan, vexed.
The more I see is delight
Yet the others, are always in sight
I call- I cry- I enter-
When I smile, I leave.
He calls- waiting for my answer
They shiver.
He cries-cries for help
They perish.
He knocks and enters
I give no care
He stands still staring
“I called for you, you never replied
Burden lifted, they’re gone.
My gloomy 'flats' and 'sharps',
Never felt your love, they left.
My innocent, smiling 'majors' and 'minors'
Never shared your laughter, they left.
Good bye my friend, Helen is waiting
Please pray for the Keller’s to welcome me home.”
Copyright © Yara Rouhana | Year Posted 2009
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Yara Rouhana Poem
Infinity throughout the whole line
Exists between those bars of different signs
But once out the numbers spread
The dashes are cut straight with a line from head.
Infinity, we humans sum up to infinity
We live inside those bars called humanity
Bars that were once only pure within
But now hold but the essence of sin
A dash must be cut making a cross
Whenever an equal passes by
Isn’t this a rule, a must?
But since we are humans engraved in lust
Such a fact is aging and left to rust.
Within the bars of humanity
Or shall I say brutality
Lies the palace of furnished lies
Of corridors painted in fake smiles.
So lonely one soul goes out to breathe
Looks up and sees a naked sky
For the cut, the must, that makes the plus
Has vanished with smiles of constant lies
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His face turned red though not of rage
His hair grew gray but not of age
Locked inside, chained with steel
Alone in the dark he could only feel
The breathless silence
Growing heavy on his wounds
And the crown of thorns
Pricking the nerves of his skull
He could smell the darkness
And taste its bitterness
He could hear his scars
Screaming for freedom
The scars that reigned his skin
For almost years of dullness…
Smells of dead rats covered the cell
But he, instead of disgust
Felt calmed, secured in his shell
For at least now he knew
It never left him, his crew
The friends he stayed with for years
And who helped him fight his fears
Just being there before his eyes
Was enough to let him feel
That he never suffered alone.
The wind of the bitter snow
Stroke him like knives
Shuddering, he tried let go
Of his chained hands and legs
But failed greatly as he greeted
Surrendering not with grief
But with an open heart
Just like all the passed days
Where when saw
A glimpse of hope
He tried to grasp it
But failed tremendously
He got used to defeat
Accustomed to sorrow
Bleeding to his feet
He felt nothing but hollow
So sad in soul
And hurt in body
He wished he could fall
And join his friends’ destiny
Where he could lie down
Dead, breathless, but peaceful
Rather than being alive
Desperate, hurt and rueful
Rather than living in a grave
Engraved in regrets and pain
Where no one can ever save
Him except he himself…
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Yara Rouhana Poem
My
Baby
Sister, I
Promise never
To stop being your shield and protector.
You are growing up and soon will witness
How life looks like
Not Disney
Little
Sis,
My
Nouri,
No Miley
Zack or Cody
Only masks and lies, that reality
Will you have to bear, but never alone
For I’m always
There to guide
you dear
one.
Miles
Will soon
Make a way
To life away
From you baby, but stay assured that not
A single soul will hurt you for it'll pass
through me first. Not
a soul sis
not a
soul.
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I ask myself ‘Where am I?’
My soul answers not, but gives a sigh
Looking at me, confused and lost
Was my old self I loved the most
Looking at me, with tears in eyes
Says my mind as high it flies
Down it gazed at the burning self
At the rays striking its every shelf
” Your heart so pure as that of a child
Has been hit with pessimism
As youth passed by and made you hide
Your innocence and optimism
You have a lot, they may not
Have this simple, loving self
Within you it dwells don’t take it out
Let it fight and gain triumph
Where have you gone I want you back
Don’t leave me here, and walk this track
Where have you gone, my warrior?
Hold your sword and fight the black
Forces of time shoved your past
Deep down the dreadful sea
Will you let them take the rest
Of the person you used to be?
They may have won the battle
But you have won the war
When faith craves to meddle
Failure will knock their door
They may seem powerful
And thus reach your city
But never will they handle
The wisdom of your country
When needed,
Have mercy, offer a bite
Goodness is not weakness
But don’t go far
Keep your might
That’s the person
You truly are
Know one thing and don’t forget
A day will pass and you will starve
So have faith and don’t expect
Of them a tiny little bite
They’ll turn their backs and just ignore
You’ll get hurt more and more
As u hear their words so sore
That you betray your inner core
Perceiving goodness as weakness
Just as they made you believe
Have faith and consume nonsense
Hold your sword and just leave
Keep them wondering
Keep them envying
Let them remember
Their own hunger
How the child deep down their minds
Looked at his toy breaking down
Right in front of his bare eyes
He wept and begged for his crown
Make them remember
When they needed a hand
They saw you there
You made them stand
Though to you, they were unfair
Come back later
Let them taste bitterness
Let them weep and cower
And heal them with forgiveness
One coming from ultimate power
That’s how it deceives us
The unfairness of life
By sending forces of misery, of loss
To give in and throw our knives
So Be wise warrior and hold your sword
Be wise warrior and fight the world”
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Through solemn eyes, sway sadness
of a heart, hurt, and a fading hue.
Diving within, dying drollness
lingers long with a lifeless queue
of stained crystals that shatter the spark
once mastered a merry soul
now a damp, drained, dark
humiliated honor in a self hollow…
Tired of being tainted by turmoil
for past years; purity plunges in pleas
it sinks within so deep in soil
of tormented shores, seas of tears…
Yet through years of yearning
and tears of torments through hiding
a breeze has brought belonging
to the swaying sadness of solemn eyes…
Dedicated to a special friend
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Yara Rouhana Poem
I
Got lost
Wandering
Around at night
Fearless of all harm
With innocence I smiled
At a stranger saying hi.
He stopped me by his gaze, I smiled
Then he unzipped his pants, I still smiled
He looked around for eyes, no one was there
Devilishly smiling, he turned to me, I blushed
“Sir, peeing on streets is impolite." He turned away.
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Let me tell you about my dream
My father said, putting me on his lap
It was a dream that has always seemed
Too impossible and hard to grasp
I dreamt that I was alone on a cloud
Looking at our nature being felled
Observing the glacial mountains dwell
Not up high but down so low
Destroying our lands as foolhardy foes
I saw the florid flowers darken as dried blood
As they greeted the ground with bowed heads
Giving scent not to the skies but to mud
I saw pain leaking from fettered petals
That fitfully designed our earth as devils
Beside me, there sat many grey clouds
It was a scene so hard to fathom
Never once seen color that shrouds
The sky above, that was for purity an emblem
I was surprised but thankful it was just a dream
For in reality it’s illicit to fell
And impossible for grey clouds to dwell
In our atmosphere, an idiosyncrasy of purity
Humans will never accept such ignominy
And never become iconoclasts
For our nature is our identity.
I falteringly smiled with a tear in my eye
I didn’t expect my father to ask why
I just looked at his clouded eyes and said with tender
You’re right dad Thank God it was just a dream.
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Amid barking clouds death evanesced
fighting grieving hesitantly inclining
for justice keening for life moaning
not obeying only persevering
quarrel remaining, soul tearing…
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Haunting, they came to me
Eating away all the joy I see
Amid laughter so free
Lingering, I thought it’ll be
Inside a soul of bliss and glee…
Nabbing away the rest of me
Gladly smiling, they invaded me
Many hours I cried for thee
Each day I hoped you’d rescue me
Why and how I did not know
In such a huge world you’ll find me
Try did I to let hope flow
Here, inside this thirsty sea
Kneel did I but didn’t know why
Is it that you’re an angel from up high
Never seeing such beauty such grace
Depart not said I with a mournful cry
Never please I need u so much
Endless let your love to me
Stay with me oh I need you
Smile for me my angel of truth
Copyright © Yara Rouhana | Year Posted 2009
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