Tag Archives: MIRROR’S CORNER
WHY DO LADIES CRY?
Why do ladies cry?
Making my heart wonder, Why?
As though they've got tons of onions in their eyes;
Never for once do they fail to cry...
A SUNSET AT DAWN
It was maybe six in the morning,
And she wasn't even sixty years old.
This is a story of color bordered by many greys.
My heart broke!
...
LETTER TO RUTH
Dear Ruth,
Several moons have passed away when limbs last met thee;
As thy acoustics be far from thee!
Since endless rings no longer re...
THE BATTLE CRY
A letter arrived from our enemy's camp as we sat idly in our domain after a series of training and strategic plans for an upcoming war....
WOES OF A WRITER
You don't know what I pass through,
To painfully let my pen bleed.
Whether I stab it, puncture it, rip it open
Or even kill it.
You do...
HOLE AND CORNER
I am a shy boy, brown-skinned,
Dark haired and beautiful,
Scribbling unsaid poetry
On white paper.
You will find my thoughts here!
I a...
UNMASKING THE HIJAB
This is who I chose to embrace,
To protect my dignity,
To preserve my purity,
So that in the eyes of Allah,
My heart and appearance wil...
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
So sedulous about her studies right in front of me,
With hopes to improve her sagacity,
Expand the coasts of her emporium,
Yet, she cau...
TRAVAILS OF THE FIRSTBORN CHILD
Loud screams of pain that spread through the whole room,
Pervading everywhere but with a nocturnal gleam,
Cleansing the land as this en...
LITANY OF TEARS AND MISERIES
Never should I have won the race to be human
Now I wish Momma should have closed her thighs,
Papa should have climaxed elsewhere
Maybe...