What’s your favorite word? It breaks the hardest and smoothens the roughest, It brightens the darkest and fortifies the simplest, It rides on the horses of emotion and alights at the terminal of empathy, It is the foundation of our world and the keeper of our homes. It occupies the soft spot of hardest man,Continue reading “LOVE”
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THIS COOL EVENING
What are you doing this evening? Reflecting on the current situation in Marrakech, Putting words of consolation together for my mourning brothers and sisters, Following the latest news in the global space, Rejoicing with the joyous and mourning with the bereaved, Reading articles of men and women of like passion, Working for a better tomorrow,Continue reading “THIS COOL EVENING”
WHEN YOUR CHARACTER DINES WITH THE DEVIL
What personality trait in people raises a red flag with you? Hatred for humanity becomes normal and life means nothing to you, Expression of an uncontrolled anger becomes your slaughtering sword, Sycophancy becomes your identical twin, Domestic violence becomes your daily companion, Religious fanaticism parmiate your thoughts, Unforgiveness is displayed on your gallery, Nepotism, tribalismContinue reading “WHEN YOUR CHARACTER DINES WITH THE DEVIL”
9/11 IN RETROSPECT
Twenty and two years lies in the back garden, Where the whole world assembled in that castle, A day that forced the world to her knees, As the world trade fare crumbled, And many sent to their early grave. The wickedness of the heartless was in the sky, As the thunderous blast tore down worldContinue reading “9/11 IN RETROSPECT”
HUMANITY, NOT DIPLOMACY!
Marrakech earthquake on the air, Solidarity on the faces of everyone, Hundreds on queue to give life to the dieing, No one is considering race or colour for blood donation, Over twenty-one hundreds corpses already recoded, Our hearts melt as corpses are excavated from the rubbles, But humanity will not cease to display her kindness,Continue reading “HUMANITY, NOT DIPLOMACY!”
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES: I love you all!
Name the professional athletes you respect the most and why. Men and women who bind the world in bond, With their sweats the soul of the world is sweetened, Never should any of the them be loved less. Gasping for breath yet they keep running, Trying to entice the noisy crowd, Enduring booing and jeeringContinue reading “PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES: I love you all!”
TEARS AS THEY GO IN PAINS
Oh death, where is thy sting? How callous you chose to be, I wail with my brothers on the ranges of Atlas, Oh…oooooo, my siblings have gone too soon, Buried under rubbles without fault, Causing endless pain on the street of Africa, What is the sin of my brothers in Morocco, Why has death playedContinue reading “TEARS AS THEY GO IN PAINS”
RELAX
How do you relax? Teach my mind to rest though the billow rolls too hard, Give my heart a solace in the storming sea, Let me not be moved by fear when the terror roar, In the midst of rage, cause my heart to relax. Relaxation comes but with rest, When hustling and toilings seemsContinue reading “RELAX”
Nothing Comes To Mind
If you had to give up one word that you use regularly, what would it be? From dawn to dust I sat in thought, Racking the interlocking tissues within the socket I bear, Which of my most familiar words should I openly betrayed and let go? None, because all words are precious to me thanContinue reading “Nothing Comes To Mind”
WE WILL ALL BE OFFENDED OVER AND OVER AGAIN!
Are you holding a grudge? About? We live in a world of human, where fallibility characterizes the nature of all. Grudge is a conscious human reaction to a perceived negative action exhibited by another person or group of persons against us or against our affiliates. The ability to know that man by nature is notContinue reading “WE WILL ALL BE OFFENDED OVER AND OVER AGAIN!”
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