NAZIRA'S NOTEBOOK

Tag: #poem

  • Kilimanjaro

    Other people take on mountains. I can barely conquer my local park. For heaven’s sake, Who thought to put it on a hillside? The angle of the right-side slope Burns my lungs And makes my calves scream For relief from the pain. This might be just a park to you, But for me This is →

  • Despair

    Emptiness consumes Light ebbs away Darkness overtakes Fingers drum on table Head drops to the side Heart falls into a pit Tear well runs dry Prayer flies away Hope gives up Don’t know what to do Where to go Except the end But it is not my place To take me there So I wait →

  • Yes, I Am Jealous

    You say I’m just jealous And I am, I am Why on earth wouldn’t I be? Why would I not envy The ease with which you can move through the world And don’t have to calculate dimensions to make sure you fit them And don’t have to dread plane seats And trendy restaurants with stools →

  • You-Turn

    I try And I try How I try To leave To not believe To forget about you And I do I do Sometimes Get somewhere Far Very far So far away From you You Oh you Always you I remember I miss I need I love And I stumble I stutter I stall I falter →

  • Peace

    In the late hours of the night – Or is that the early hours of the morning? – When the tech buzz is silenced And the neighbourhood sleeps And the cars take rest with the people That is when peace descends And I am closest to my Lord →