The words plundered the nooks of my thoughts: I do. I become. I am. I need. I want. I have. They calcified and set themselves to tiny stones in areas I couldn’t always swim to and reach when my eyes were closed. But I knew they were there, evolving. They are there creating a lakeContinue reading “Plundered”
Category Archives: Poetry
Yellow Ladybug
“You have to conform to reality. It’s the fittest that end up surviving. Get out of your head and trust the system,” is what my roommate said. I rolled my shoulders back as if I was actually getting ready to squeeze out of my head. “The brutal world of nature is a desolate story IContinue reading “Yellow Ladybug”
An Insomniac’s Morning Hours
When the call to prayer soundsand the sun’s about to rise,my thoughts restlessly dissectthis sorrow, that guilt, old lies. “I can’t keep up”, I say,“slow down and stop the mumbling!”But they answer with obtuse eloquence,lingering, rolling, and tumbling. How lucky I find those people,who are right now asleep.Their heartbeats slow and steady,their dreaming calm andContinue reading “An Insomniac’s Morning Hours”
Quote – Money
The tighter the grip on your money, the more limited your imagination becomes. Beisan A. Alshafei May 26th, 2019
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Now if only we knew that knowing is always partnered with not knowing, all would have been better than it has become. Beisan A. Alshafei May 11th, 2019
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Not all grand destinations are located at the top, reached through a steep uphill walk. Sometimes it’s the downhill trail which is the most scenic – a gentle calculated stride that allows you to choose your pace rather than succumb to it. Some of us long for the vastness of valleys rather than the majestyContinue reading “Quote”
Dear You
Dear You, What were you expecting? Of course you are found in this shattered state.Your downward plunge could only be THIS Great!For wasn’t your climb up so steep for so long?I’ll tell you why, now, you feel wiser and strong! So when your hands lost their grappling gripas your foot took that slippery slip…and whenContinue reading “Dear You”
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The most genuinely lovable, affable and helpful people are the ones who have, at least once, been painfully unloved, lonely and helpless. Beisan A. Alshafei February 21st, 2019
Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is a day that resonates the most with those whose mothers have left this earth. Some of them, without reserve, tell those of us who still have our mothers: “I miss my mother, you’re very lucky to still have yours, so go and tell her that you love her right now, keep conveyingContinue reading “Mother’s Day”
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Every so often, we are put in a strange situation in which there is no unquestionable difference between failing and winning. Beisan AlShafei March 29th, 2019
Beisan's Burble 