Mariam de Haan Poems

Sometimes I want a man
To hold me tight
And kiss me goodnight
Then be gone in the morning
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Go back to the beginning
When Adam and Hawa committed the first sin
Did Allah punish Hawa and protect Adam?
Both received equal blame
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It's funny how a phrase can change everything.
How one person made this all begin.

I remember that day clearly
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I have learned the importance of listening.
So many of us listen to answer
But some voices are so fragile,
That you need to pause in your pursuit of life
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The whistle blows.
The steam hisses upwards.
Two jolts forward
And smoothly we move onward.
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The rose wilts,
Petal by petal.
The candle melts
Flicker by flicker.
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Waiting
For a knight in armor shining
For a dream to start growing
For Peace to stop hiding
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See those people there

Two fishes in the wind
Yearning for water
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Pitter-patter of their feet
I take a bite of my wafel
A man on the other side stares at me
As I slurp my slagroom
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For those days I yearn
When we did not count what we earn.
When our homes were on our backs
And our family was our pack.
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