Safiyyah Manjra

The pain of the heart.
After trying something which once kept you together.
Is now tearing you apart.
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Those warm showers at night,
Which comfort us before sleep.

The kiss,
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To me Mathematics is an Art.
See things differently,
Every new implication is another discovery.
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Torn between worlds,
Shattered between decisions,
To find a life longing profession.
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What would be a nice gift for myself?

I thought of maybe a new bracelet,
Or a shoe with a comfortable fit.
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I always have this urge to feed someone,
Be someone they can rely on,
Take care of them and feel as one.
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I am interested in publishing a book,
If anyone can help,
Please give my poetry a look.
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Kiss me,
Beneath the stars in the cold night,
That I may stand strong and not fright.
Brush your fingers through my hair,
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I want you to really say those words this time,
The ones which make my mind intertwine.

It has been too long with this tension.
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I turn pages of these books,
That has me leached on to its hooks.

I have to read.
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If true love could speak,
Ego won't have the ears to hear it.

For eyes bewitched by cries,
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Love's partition.
A mathematical statement in cognition.

Bellowed by the arms of turmoil,
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Today I got accepted into my local medical school.
As a back-up in case funding for the PhD doesn't take the rule.

I grew up with a sister being partially blind.
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It is not every day that visions are clear.
Sometimes it can all become a blur,
Especially on cold nights when you are very tired and need to curl with your blanket of fur.
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Are we all condemned or chained to the thoughts in our mind?
Which are at the expense of time.

How many minutes have you spent like Gatsby?
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Age is a just a number.

So they say,
Why does it have such a big part to play?
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Today I sat alone at a table for two.
I saw couples walk in,
One after the other.
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These cordial arrangements,
Paint themselves into drastic predicaments

With homely timing,
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Standing here in the lit room,
You know exactly what to say when everything feels gloom.

The way you surprise me is like no other.
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So they asked me why I became a peer helper?
The answer was simple because I genuinely didn't want to see students suffer.
Any longer.
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