Farah Taskin

I have learnt to fear people
Beasts cannot hide their bestiality, but humans can
Beware of humans
I fear them
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The much awaited RAMADAN is coming soon
The crescent lantern will peek out
The delicious dates will adorn the plates
Sweet sharbat will quench the thirst during iftar
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Noon is a silver river; I'm a happy fish
My wet hair clings together like fish scales
I swim in the light
The light that removes evil
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Taking sorrow as an analogy makes it lighter
Turning sorrow into a metaphor makes it easier to bear
Writing a poem or story after waking up makes sadness go away
Galatic twinkling stars inspire stories and poems
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I watch news
Past and present fuse
I pick out some words to use
My brain doesn't refuse
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Don't talk to me now
My flower-loving mind will dedicate time to the flowers
Don't talk to me now
My feathered friends will sing for me
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Mysterious blossoms bloom like pearls in the ocean garden
Morning is a bliss, while night is a burden
Dreamers sometimes ignore time
But, on the hour, clocks chime
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Where the stream silently flows
Where the crickets play their constant music
Where, the magical fireflies, like fairy lamps, gather at night
Where skies are dark blue and stars are diamond-bright
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This planet has oxidized over time
Sadly, many things are getting worse
Counterculture is going mainstream
Theologians are not, as a rule, anxious
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I asked myself today, 'How am I doing? '
The mind answered
Like the white waves of a turquoise sea
Crashing near the shore
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If you utter those magical words in front of me once
I'll be hypnotized for the rest of my life
Life will be more beautiful than dreams
I'll float on an ocean of happiness
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It was in the dead of night
Soft light in the room
Someone was standing at the door
A strange smell
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I want to be a bird and fly to you
I want to be a flower to fill you with fragrance
I want to be the watercolour that paints you
When will this distance end
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You have bestowed so much upon me
I don't deserve anything
Yet you have granted me so many things
You have showered me with countless blessings
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The Gaza strip -
The visible symbol of sadness
In this place
The lives of children are valueless
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Sometimes
The Milky Way hides
Behind the silky clouds
The pearly moon plays
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Last year
I lost my mother
It was cancer
So
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The oppressors shoot to kill

They bomb to kill
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They're the victims of genocide, ethnic cleansing
Can you feel pain of
Palestinians?
Can you feel pain of
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Unfortunately, Muslim countries
emphasize self-interest
They forget
that
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