Fatima Alzhara Rafa Poems

Divine Love
Love is a weapon inside me.
Love is a dove of peace that flies beside me.
Love is the white veil of a wedding bride.
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They asked if I lived in a third-world country.
I giggled and sobbed and then—
I said yes.
And they said, 'Which one? '
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A tear is a right
& so is speech, or silence.
Is this ache in my heart
from whom my heart was once an asylum?
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Miracles come from the Lord—
in a blink of an eye, at your door.
She turned her face and said: 'I am old.'
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& when Fatima speaks,
the blooms dance on the lemon tree.
& when Fatima laughs,
the bees start laughing with glee.
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Kafka said: 'In the war with you against the world, support the world.'
I was young when I first read it,
and as time passed, I understood its burden.
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You can feel it
it's not your psyche, not your soul,
it's not familiar at all.
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Traveled searching for a land
Eve and Adam found love then.
Erikson found America by chance
or by yearning for a land,
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To have XX in your chromatid—
to be just there and wait,
grateful as a lady for your fate.
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Have you lost faith in love?
Then you have lost faith in God.
Do all the doors you seek are locked?
The greatest gate is your heart.
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