NAZIRA'S NOTEBOOK

Tag: #writing

  • Hello Filbert, my old friend…

    Hello lovely readers, I hope you are well. It’s been six weeks now since I began the Publish Everything Challenge and it has gone really well – as measured by my success criteria, at least. The detailed story of how it came about is available here but, in a nutshell, I was feeling disconnected from →

  • Defiant

    You look at me with contempt and scorn. Like sometimes you wish I’d never been born. You love the power you hold over me But to think you rule me is pure fantasy. I might show respect because of who you are But it doesn’t run deep and doesn’t go far. You hate me because →

  • The Drug

    Don’t fight the drug You will never win If you take it head on It will always be stronger than you Let it have its place To one side of your inner space While you keep on doing What you’ve started to do Stay true to the goal And hold tight to the rope Of →

  • Without You

    You open my eyes You help me see Where beauty lies Without you, I am blind You make my heart beat You make it soar You make it sing Without you, I am numb You run through me As the blood in my veins You are my life’s breath Without you, I die →

  • Spiritual Home

    My body turns towards you Five times a day When I pray But my heart Is always with you In awe Circumambulating Bowing Prostrating In unison With billions of souls Human and other That are near you Have travelled to be with you Or are reaching from far away Recognising Believing Submitting Not to you →