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Poetry???
SisMaliha
11/22/01 at 21:48:42
i hide behind poetry
that
remains
meaningless

i yearn for
what
is
nostalgic

sometimes
i yearn for
what's
completely
abstract
and
non
reality
I am
a
dreamer
in
more
ways
than
one.

i yearn to spin
without
the
threads
or
know
how.

i want
to paint
yet
have
to
color
or
sense
to
articulate...

i
adore
creation
yet
i
shy
from
my
own
womb...

I love
life
yet
death
binds
me
in
a
perpetual
swoon.

what is this
madness
if
my
purpose is
defined

i seek to defy
if
its
a
challenge
i
proclaim
its not
worthy

frustrations
resonate
my
being
and
i
can't
seem
to
find
the
answers
that
permanently
heal

my
essence
is
caged

i save
all
my
melodies
to
the
ONE
that
receives
and
answers
them
all:):):)

:-)

peace out!
Re: Poetry???
Saleema
11/22/01 at 22:07:26
[slm]

That's a very deep one. You have defined my thoughts so beauitfully.  :) Amazing isn't it, how someone else's thoughts could mirror yours word for word, image for image sometimes?

Thanks for sharing that. And continue to do so! :)

I particularly like the line about hiding from your own womb and and being shy and afraid of death.

what is this
madness
if
my
purpose is
defined

I feel like that from time to time. How simple it is to say that the purpose of life is to worship Allah, The One, The Only! But when life gets frustrating, the deep meaning embodied in these simple words is forgotten so quickly! You question the basic concept, stuggle to understand it... (Yet I guess not as hard or in the same way as an athiet would).

i hide behind poetry
that
remains
meaningless

It's been more than 2 years since I have written any poetry. I hide behind my poems too. I found my poetry to be so meaningless, I stopped writing and have never picked up the pen to start writing again. I have moved on from dealing and stuggling with personal problems to larger ones--that of taking everyone else's troubles as mine and worrying myself sick over it. For instance, I dream about the Taliban every night and bombs and horses. :) hehe... before that it was about Palestine... Sometimes I think I must be mad because I don't know anyone else who takes the world's problems as seriously as I do.

I am
a
dreamer
in
more
ways
than
one.

What do you mean by that? I have my own idea of what dreaming in more than one way means. But what about you? I find mine to be quite silly so I won't post it. :) But I would like to hear yours if you care to share your thoughts. If you feel uncomfortable about sharing what these words exactly mean to you-(I know poets worry about that a lot that their words can be misunderstood no matter how hard they try)-then you can instant message me if you like.

[wlm]
Saleema
Re: Poetry???
Saleema
11/22/01 at 22:12:01
[slm]

Oh, just to clarify, I do realize that your words in this poem may mean quite differently than what I took them to be for myself. We may be feeling the same way about quite opposit things but I still find it amazing that I can identify to the basic concept through out the entire poem! I don't think I have ever had that with another poem in my life, not word for word. Perhaps a little part here and a little there.

ok take care

[wlm]
Re: Poetry???
Mystic
11/23/01 at 15:22:04
[slm]

Mashaallah, you are such a clear reflection...its soothing to my heart to see that these empty words can actually mean something:):):)

Subhanallah.

Jazaki Allahu Khayran for sharing...

I post fast, because the minute I discontinue, the whole "matrix" of words dissappear in front of my eyes...yes, this life is an illusion... how quickly we can forget...Astaghfirullah.

I am a dreamer in more ways than one...i guess i yearn for utopia and it jus' doesn't exist...at least not in this temporary cage we are in....i struggle to keep my lenses focused on the HUGE picture..but i guess that's everyone else's struggle too.

I can never understand why sometimes i walk in the opposite direction of everyone else???

you know...

they are asleep...i am awake.
they are happy...i am crying.
they are alert...i am tired.

Subhanallah wa ta'ala...

Lailaha illah Allah.

I have to go now...shukran for listening.

[wlm]
Re: Poetry???
Mystic
11/24/01 at 06:18:44
[slm]
BTW sis Saleema (I love your name:) ) but also, did i mention i like to pump iron, kickbox, aerobics, and stuff like that:):):):)
Heee heee heee;):):):):):)

:-)

[wlm]
Re: Poetry???
Saleema
11/24/01 at 07:00:10
[slm]

Thank you. :) I like to pump Iron too. Except the effects havent' kicked in yet. :(

I like to kickbox my brother. ;)  

I don't like aerobics. What a girly thing to do. I like playing football and basketball. I used to run 2 miles everyday. *sigh* I need to do that again.

[wlm]
Re: Poetry???
Mystic
11/24/01 at 08:06:03
Hey!!!!
Aerobics is NOT girly okay!!!!

yeah...i did move up to step aerobics..you know...jus' for the added "effect" ;) :):):):)

Running for me is a whole cycle of runs, jogs, trots, walking, slowwww...i could never really keep a nice, even, pace...mmmmmm....:)
:-)

M.

[wlm]
Re: Poetry???
Merimda
11/25/01 at 00:26:07
Salam,

What's wrong with being girly? What makes "manly" things more cool than "girly" things..^_~


salam,
merimda
defender of things "girly" ^_^
Re: Poetry???
Mystic
11/25/01 at 05:04:18
[slm]

okay i admit...i like aerobics, and pink, and princesses, and barbies, and sweets and lolipops..and everything nice...
but you know what they say about toooooo much of those things right?

:):):):):):)

:-)

Maliha

[wlm]
Re: Poetry???
flyboy_nz
11/25/01 at 18:11:19
[slm]

i'd have to say aerobics is definitely a girly thing to do...i stay away, far away from anything of that sort...cardiovascular activity at my own pace- cycling, running or rowing is much more appealing...specially since there's no lycra-clad fitness freak yelling at you and expecting you to march at the pace they set.

hmm what this has to do with poetry is beyond me ???

I used to love running...then I ruptured my archillies (it went "POP")..so now its just walking ....and remember kids, always stretch before any exercise!

wasalam,
Ahmed


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