Her gentle naked arm,
With color of the peach,
Stretched in the sun
To the magical fruit of freedom,
in her eyes - curiosity,
on her lips - lust,
on her tongue - desire
to taste the forbidden.
Time and tree were frozen,
No sound, no voice of bird,
No slightest move from above.


::  © Mermaid ::
::  august-13

The  melody in my head
keeps haunting me
hurts my heart
injures my brain
paralyses my body
erases my sense of belonging
stop at once..
I hate this song...
The lyrics my pain
the rhythm my scar
its bleeding again...

God works in mysterious way
She doesn't even know
what is she to become
When she chooses to cover herself

She doesn't move toward darkness
living in isolation
surrounded by total strangers
Instead she heads into the light
her journey is made easy
strangers become friends...
She is no longer afraid
of the crude people
She has no fear
of darkest shadows in the past
God is great...
God is forgiving...
God is kind..

She is blessed to be that girl in hijaab
Her beauty is more revealing
Her dignity hidden
Magic happens when...
Hijaab is her choice
She smiles even when most people glare
She remains poise
confidently walk in the crowded streets
She doesn't care even if you stare..
She knows.. what awaits her..
sweeter... calmer...safer...
beauty beyond words..
In Jannah the angels smile with her...

His devilish smile
yet the grin I miss
The dark side of him
love and hate
Kind of romantic
dangerous but kind
strange aura of love..

The hard face yet the soft-eyes
magnetic those seducing eyes
my heaven and earth

mysteriously romantic
a fatal attraction
and against all odds
the devil inside him
this devil I love...

if I were the rain I could
touch your face
and blend in with
the tears you've cried,
I could gently wash away
your pain and comfort you
on winter nights.
if I were the sun I could
keep you warm
and make sure every day
was bright.
I would wrap you up
in sunny rays and capture
you and hold you tight.
if I were the wind, I could
play with your hair,
blow you away, take you
everywhere.
but I'm just a girl with
a broken heart, and it
beats for you, and
you'll never care.
if I were the moon, I could
light the sky, and watch
over you from up above --
but I'm just a girl,
I can't offer much.
I don't have the world --
but I'll give you love.

I jump, I fall
I slip, I crawl

I laugh I cry
I fail but try

I dance without care
Pretty clothes I wear

I walk alone
So happy on my own

Then I catch your sight
You hold me tight

You kiss, I faint
My dreams you paint

With promises anew
Together we grew

So in love till now
We take our vows

I breathe with ease
I sleep in peace

Only in my dreams
Reality doesn't scream!

-Zainab Attari

tonight the shadows ate the moon
i sat there in awe as it was slowly consumed
little by little the brightness was devoured
and behind the shadows, the moon never cowered
the blood moon shined
as the sun and moon aligned
and the moonlight becomes you
you too are consumed
eyes bright and full of wonder
the cold wind makes you shudder
make a wish as the last sliver disappears .
let the music of the night fill your ears