Strong still
Strong with an iron will
Strong and powerful and did not fell
Strong with fire like hell
Strong against evil
Strong and will meet any hurdle
Strong and must win with God’s will
Strong through faith
Strong still
This poem was written/submitted by Shafi Ghwerien.

I saw a dream
Of Jesus
Peace be upon him
And I was a victim
of unjust justice
system
In the land of the free
Justice for all
but not for me
Jesus said don’t go
I will pray for you
Then I woke up
So I look up
What it means
In a book
Of Ibn Sirin
A thousand and more
Years old
I wanted to see
Then the book told me
That victory [...]

Listen to God
every day
no matter how bad
things are
don’t say why
this happened
life is full
of twists and turns
you can make it wonderful
even when it pains
you
even when things are hurtful
even when your friends are not truthful
even when bad things are plentiful
think you will overcome
and believe and you will
surmount
the highest hill
just add steel will
to your recipe
then you will not [...]

They say dream and have hope
but it’s because I dream, I’ve lost hope
They say love and leave hate
but it’s because of love, I’ve met hate
This poem was written/submitted by Ahlam.

Under the stars
at 12 am.
snuggled into arms that will always be there.
shooting stars rip through the sky.
sharp yellow lights fly around and around.
new stars come
old stars fade away.
into the distance or into the midnight blue sky.
round and round the world they fly,
until they fall into the earth to leave an crater,
or back into the space [...]

And when the last breath of my life, I’ll take,
And beneath the dust when my corpse will lay.
What will I deserve; awards or punishments…
For a life in which, rarely, I bowed down to pray.
I kept gossiping n giggling on absurd things,
Though I knew life’s not a game to play.
My soul being mine, never sustained me
& [...]

In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes,
For they in thee a thousand errors note;
But ’tis my heart that loves what they despise,
Who in despite of view is pleased to dote.
Nor are mine cars with thy tongue’s tune delighted,
Nor tender feeling to base touches prone,
Nor taste, nor smell, desire to be invited
To any [...]