This heart hurts
Bullied by this mind, threatened by these tears
This heart hurts
Pressed by the lungs deprived of this air
This heart hurts
Should hearts burst
Only then will they see how this heart hurts
This poem was written/submitted by Ahlam.

I wanted to write a poem for you but everything I try to write sounds childish
So can we make this easier on me and act it until I’m done, we both know what a child is
Even after I’m done can we continue the way we are here
because as children we’re close and when the act [...]

do you know what you do to me
can you not see?
that those eyes, your sorrow eyes
they suffocate me,
I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe
I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe
and my heart,
this heart forgets its own beat
and it hurts, this hurt’s from
the eyes that you gleam
But you can’t see, you can’t see
you can’t see, you can’t see
& [...]

In the arms of love, I am but a child
forgive my ignorance to the warmth, for I am but a child
and like a child, the arms that embrace me satisfy me not
too foolish in my nature to understand that those arms are all I got
This poem was written/submitted by Ahlam.

He met a young pretty lady whose forehead never flattened
She held the same demeanor, never smiled, well pattened
Didn’t mess with men, kept her distance, she never talked
And when he tried to get to know her, she stood and ran a walk
He pondered on this case and made a fine and proper wager
Like: ‘naw she ain’t [...]

I apologize to your hollow eyes
but I cant see the sign that I need
do you forgive me?
because I’ve sent my apology
and the consequent of the weakness of apologies would have to lead to empathy…have you forgiven me?
This poem was written/submitted by Ahlam.

There isn’t a Mother’s Day card that can fathom the love I have for her
She!..
Cannot fathom
the love
I have
for her
but the words she said
man forever forgets
But, I’ll never forget
the words
that she said
“Love,”
and she covers me under her heavenly wings
she uncovers her eyes to show the tears
I cannot fathom
the Words that she said
“Love, you’re [...]

Every child is born pure
Sinless, Careless, and Prideless
Until he becomes Man, for within man are rivers of sin and careless pride
Endure, young soul, the actions of thy father for you too will befall the same fate upon children of yours
For after all the worldly endeavors and before you return to the world you came from…
As [...]

Scream, like you’re the phantom of the opera and no one can hear you
like it’s just above a whisper and you want the whole world to fear you
and the very Lord to feel you,
to hear you
to notice that you’re as real as the creature he’s breathed into
Allow for no shame to kiss you, like you [...]

Akala sang “wise is the man that knows he’s a fool”
And if wise was this man, there’s wisdom in fools
Only fools know to learn because there’s learning to do
But a wise man wouldn’t think this to be true
Unless he’s wise enough to know he’s a fool
This poem was written/submitted by Ahlam.