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615 · Apr 2017
L I f e
Born Apr 2017
High on words
Escaping a life that was never mine
Once upon a time
I was in love
Born Nov 2014
When the line between right and wrong becomes blur

When she's the reason you suffocate

When heaven is a little farther and hell a little closer

When poets stop writing and their inks clot with sorrow

When fear turns into rage

When your soul is turned into  ashes and you know your fate is certain

When silence is all that exists

When you cannot distinguish
between love and hate.

When curse taints the saints

When you can see my tears in the rain

When you realise she's not the angel you were after but the demon you've been running from

When your in the dark for so long,light feels like an illusion

When you still cling to the way things were instead of letting them be what they are
605 · Jun 2015
leap of faith
Born Jun 2015
Some journeys needs to be walked alone
601 · Aug 2019
Corruption
Born Aug 2019
She said
corrupt my poem and give it rhythm
A tune,
A glorious sound from  a flute

a dimming hope for the poor
for the voiceless nation
condemned into filth

She said corrupt my poem and give it bills
For the years I've  spent learning
how to collect debt
from school to jobs
that I've never had
a Mistake or maybe a choice
I don't know

Corrupt my poem for the useless knowledge
that I've gained
for the money that I'll forever chase
600 · Jan 2016
A glass of wine
Born Jan 2016
Like I didn't know what's gonna happen
i bought her a book
Instead of that wine

Curious! So she came over
I waited for that wine, you know!

I preferred when you get lost in words
the way you stare and pay attention
like it's your story
or maybe someday our story

us meeting
maybe it wasn't a coincidence,
when you came into my life
you became a part of my story

a glass of wine
while we watch the sun set
as our story continues
© Ibrahim
599 · Apr 2015
ramadhan
Born Apr 2015
If I make it to ramadhan
I'll pray for peace and stability of this planet

with so much devotion
I'll ask God to guide us from the delusions of this earth

I'll pray for guidance
more knowledge and wisdom

Insha Allah i will pray and weep dearly for our sins and the sad state that the humanity has succumbed to

I will seek his love
not his anger and wrath
I will seek his forgiveness and mercy with so much humility and tranquility

may he guide us to the right path
may our hearts grow tender and full of love for God/Allah
Islam is a peaceful religion
588 · May 2017
Muse °Dear daughter (II)
Born May 2017
Nostalgic** of those days when I had a dream. When I walked down the streets and hoped someday I'll be free

Fate I wish I had a peek at you, I'd accept you and put hold to my illusions. The ones I dared to call dreams

but now, am feeble
I just want to be alive

this world is savage
it'll dice your hopes and hold you hostage
my heart weeps for you

the stabbed wounds and the vocals that I offered against malice has left me broken and lonely

I'm perplexed by how we hide our strengths in the shadows

We've been offered cheap thrills at the expense of our sanity

I'm pondering on the pounds that were accepted,
in order for us to be pounded

bruises and suffering is all we get
is our existence that invalid?
587 · Dec 2016
Tell me I tried
Born Dec 2016
In my mind it was good
It was a captivating piece

The story grew with flashbacks
violin and piano
to enhance intensity
and enticement

I wanted you to feel my emotions
Live those moments with me
become entwined with the story


I hope words won't fail me
I gave it my all
I tried
584 · Jul 2017
Falling in love
Born Jul 2017
With Houston
For the right reasons
before you commit treasonous
acts of
Ripping the high notes

With the saxophone
Smooth violin
classic beats
guitar strings
Marvin Gaye

with time
am I alive
do I actually exist
Jay, Did we do it
did we
Reap the classic bars
from her chords

with chipping
Birds singing
Alicia klinging
Hearts breaking
Crying
Dying
falling
In love with piano

with emotions
regretting your mistakes
Written pearls
Dido flip
contained love
loved ones
roaming
moon walking

With soul
drums
disco
Diana
Ross
on jazz
Each stanza is independent. But still honoring the Legends

Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Alicia keys, Dido, Marvin Gaye, Jay-Z,Dolly Parton, Diana Ross
584 · Jun 2017
Questa poesia II
Born Jun 2017
Maybe I'll exhibit an ounce of satisfaction
When I see your heart fumbling on the floor,
On account of all the pain and sorrow it caused

No
Your burden doesn't turn you into a Saint
And no
You will not cloak yourself on hope
You'll not shade the bitterness that comes with hate
you will long for and sail on dejection,
Always looking on dreadfulness of your past tales

Dry your eyes
am talking to you
As days bleed into years
you'll soak up a great deal of agony
your life will be on a constant loop of despair

And then
Only then
You will remember this poem
579 · Nov 2015
Indistinct fallacy
Born Nov 2015
Fame
Money, exaction of reality

life, envying their dreams!! perfections

existence full of theories and vexation

this is my perception

like a beautiful lie theirs no affection

always dreaming the same things, there's no end to this circulations

a nightmare, no strength for confrontation

sometimes the thoughts are good but no relations

always sweating, trying to make this icicles

double checking, mixed up, confused with this feelings of  ambiguation

when will this end, illusions
572 · Nov 2015
Falling stars
Born Nov 2015
He loved her more than life
564 · Aug 2017
Your words III
Born Aug 2017
I was here
When you wrote a fully encrypted poem
Words wrapped in heavy firewalls
Decryption code hidden in time
Looping through ages of wisdom

Greek written in plain English
that's what ordinary us see
Codes that can't be deciphered
alluded as metaphors.
and nooo
don't get me started on syllables
Or they call them enigma these days

Those woven words
Those written graphical contents leave us in awe
Only the 5th generation circuits gets it
the softwares involved are not for the average minds
Only a high speed drive would comprehend the contents

No petty malware would Penetrate through those walls
Only a malware with enviable skills
Ones that would suffocate and annihilate
Re program the chess board to its advantage
Inciting the readers that they understand the depth  of that poem
562 · Feb 2015
Rebirth
Born Feb 2015
It's safe to say that I have grown out of this imaginary world
I've accepted to fight this battle and ran away from this illusions

Life is a gamble but death is certain

Am a man of many faces
but today I choose to be courageous

                        humbled despite my venomous thoughts
I choose to rise above and be that hero you think I am  

I've been a tenant of hopelessness
today I dare to be happy and take a leap of faith
today I vacate this home of frawn, misfortune and puppetry

I choose to be me
inspired by bipolar hypocrite imagination
561 · Mar 2016
Edge of paradise
Born Mar 2016
Sometimes my heart just skips
with sorrow and fear
of so many unpredictable events


My life hardly flashes in front of me anymore
everything is slowing suddenly
was I a worthy creature
did I earn my very existence

Am filled with questions and regrets
the world is possibly never going to be a better place
I open my eyes and I see him been devoured
I close them and I don't hear anything
they are all immuned to pain

I wonder
Is life really worth living?

they wonder
if there was ever a light at the end of the tunnel
they don't have fairy stories anymore
Maybe a quick death is a show of mercy
and these are the best fairy tales they have


When they took him
He cried out loud
Please shoot me, don't let them take me
you know what they'll do!

Someone from the crowd shot him
they all starred with no tears
they knew he's better dead than alive

Excruciating agony they felt


Is this what love is?
559 · Aug 2014
Echoes
Born Aug 2014
There's a ladder
all you have to do is climb it
i hate to see you go
but i  like to watch you leave

I envy a mother's love, for her child
growing in solitude isn't fun for most of us
some give Birth to monsters within them
others, to the unknown creatures
I loved you, but from a distance
the likes of Mary are, but a mare dream

Sounds go off
i turned into a wolf
i seek blood to quench my thirst
what do you know about life anyways

In my dreams I saw a fog
covered me and tried to **** breath out of me
but the winds of smoke fought harder

Before I turn grey,i  want passion
before I turn grey,i want to wait
and not died
557 · Aug 2018
Like I care
Born Aug 2018
So what
If you had your heart punched out
I know
It may have been too drastic
But still, call it love for a change
556 · Jul 2015
Muse 'fallacious poet'
Born Jul 2015
I have been in a coffin
trying to forget my sad days behind

I've been on a cliff
trying to jump my way to freedom

I have been a poet
trying to write my days away

I have been an orphan
trying to run from winter of no mercy

I have been a killer
found it soothing to drink warm blood from her veins

I have been a shooter
a fearless monster

I have been a keeper
trying to cherish the pain and void that kept me going
554 · Jun 2015
The circle of regret
Born Jun 2015
You see them partying
dancing and
enjoying

then you think to yourself
let me  join

not knowing your joining
the circle of regret
551 · Apr 2014
armoured II
Born Apr 2014
A cold drink?

A cold drink so that I can't think anymore.

A cold drink just to forget.

A cold drink with a smile,a dimple some joy in it.

A cold drink!drink!drunk!
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.
.
.
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Why!why still cling to this fragile life

My wishes have fade away

My sorrow of pretending!no more

My hate reborn

Deeply rooted,no storm can uproot it.
547 · Mar 2015
Perfect Storm
Born Mar 2015
Maybe am in ruins and lost
trying to get you at all cost
with this broken
and burdened heart

I was never your ghost
but the idea of you, me, just us
i love it most
543 · Sep 2014
Life And Demons
Born Sep 2014
If my memories  were  that ravishing,
i wouldn't worry about the future
life is short
but it feels too long sometimes ...

If only a voice could whisper in the depths of my soul and comfort me!
541 · Aug 2017
My book and I
Born Aug 2017
We go places
Chasing the world at a slower pace
With daring dreams that are bigger than palaces
Spreading romance  
In Paris and Venice


In my book I seek Solace
From drudgery and the malice
From beings with less mentality of peace
From creatures who's been reduced to a pomace


In my  book am a believer
Forever I will love God and his grace
His mercy, blessings despite my constant mess
In my uncertain destiny I found a chance

In my book I poured my pieces
When I reminisced on my scathing heart that left a big scar
When I was a prisoner of love,  torn and filled with stitches
when I dragged my soul through thorns
When I was reduced to a speck of hope
540 · Feb 2015
Billionth
Born Feb 2015
Life on the road
young star shinning brighter
at least that's what I thought

But the endurance is fading
some icicles to cool my greed
Or just a joyful demise ,no second guessing

Making paper is a beautiful dalliance
but you must let go of the obsession
While you still cling to fiction ,elegance and beauty passes you
539 · Jul 2015
1.13am
Born Jul 2015
I've never actually been in a club

This is my first experience, and I believe the noise is too much for anyone who wants to keep their sanity intact
Where is the fun in loosing your eardrums?

Please someone enlighten
539 · Feb 2016
.°×
Born Feb 2016
°*There is a clear line between right and blur
I don't know which one is wrong
but
since you've been gone
I've been hanging on
a thread of lost ghost

Kimberly
that's a beautiful name
but
with you
I kept  acing mistakes
©Ibrahim
534 · Apr 2017
A tempting sin
Born Apr 2017
The idea of letting go is never easy
and you couldn't
Let go

especially since
the package came with happily ever after attached to it
boxed in romance
sealed with love

She was a charming blue eyed monster
with irresistible smile
enticing voice

......
532 · Jan 2015
Dedication
Born Jan 2015
aches
void
circulation of losses
a truck filled with messes
existence full of profanity

only
            acing
                           drakes

sigh! tie me with laces
life's short,move with slower paces

but your only a creep
with more patches
don't merry me with braces
a ****** broken into pieces
this earth
                 is a
                       savage palace

now applaud me hater
530 · Nov 2015
#dear earth
Born Nov 2015
Why am I good at giving advice than I can't keep

Whispers (Don't fall in love, your not ready)

but here I am secretly in ruins
530 · Aug 2016
a light that never fades
Born Aug 2016
Thus your life is stuck with many dreaded thoughts

But a promise of hope isn't fading

It shouldn't

This is what life is
a scented flower but venomous

I was told your fate is in your own hand
But again I was taught that my fate is in God's hands

Some days I get it
other days I don't

But I do get hope
After all its the only thing I do get
Born Jul 2017
..
     ..
..

She carries her burdened smile
..
everywhere she goes
..
begging for kindness
                  .
everyday of her   .     days
                                       .
                                                .
Shelter her today                              .
                                                                ­      .
For your tomorrow might be heavier                   .
                                                                ­        .
Forget the hate                                        .
                                                           .
And be her angel                       .
                                            .
Offering better days   .
                            
ahead         






.
526 · Jun 2015
Treasured soul
Born Jun 2015
I wish you were here
I could tell you stories of the galaxies
how beautiful the sky was
how brighter my days felt
when the stars shined brightest

But now you are a goner
It's tragic and sudden, your departure

am just here
still here thinking about us
days lost
Years never spent

am still here
in this darker corner
with your memories

But reality dawns
and I know it's true
I can no longer reach out
And touch you

I'll see you again
when it's time for my own setting sun
522 · Apr 2015
comatose
Born Apr 2015
Ever thought what's like to lose the rest of your life in a second
in a blink of an eye

Your twelve year old relationship gone with the wind
your wife is now somebody's wife,happily married for 5years

Your eleven year old kid
now a fully 'bass' teenager

your grandma
she's been dead for almost a decade

how could you know any of this
you couldn't
you just blinked and its ten years later

Your not part of present at all
you're the past
you've always been the past
522 · May 2015
your daring
Born May 2015
The silent,unsmiling face stares at me

father sat there
and me
across the table

We stared each other
blankly stared at each other

a thought crossed
should i say hi
should I say bye
maybe I should just cough


14 minutes 10 seconds
that's how long we've been having these conversation
of blank words

14 minutes 55 sec
you stood up
one hand  in your pocket

then you concluded
our 15 minutes conversation
your daring

that's it
you walked out

Our 15 min,wait
Our 15 centuries conversation
is over
your daring ,I've pondered enough


I've hated you longer than I can remember ,but this is the beginning of recognizing the 'probable' love you had for me
516 · May 2014
Stitched
Born May 2014
"It's a robbery",a top policeman says on my car radio,and reassures folks that this will be over preety quick.

I step on it.man,it is the longest 30minute drive of my life.

"My wife and daughter are in there," I plead with the soldiers in the din of gunfire

"Baby pick it up" I whisper countless times,holding my phone to my ear. I punch redial. Nobody answers.

I am John Doe.husband.father.freaked out.

I am not a curious onlooker. My two reasons for breathing are in there. I will camp here as long as it takes.

my wife and daughter need me.

I am John Doe. Son.brother.Believer.Praying for a miracle

I have not eaten for two straight days. I cannot. No father can stuff while his two sweetest things are eating the bread of sorrow

My daughters babyish innocence will make my wife stronger.I am convinced

My little girl had the Arsenal "love" to turn terrorist into evangelists.

We are all Jane,John Doe's.affected. broken. Shaken.Trying to live.exist
this     is for every victim of terror attacks, worry-less
515 · Jun 2019
. . .
Born Jun 2019
Sometimes my thoughts exhaust me
Thinking, can be Crippling
Alwys analyzing different veriation of a possible outcome

Trying to figure out logic
In words spoken
Words thought

Trying to understand
The meaning of reason
Behind a speck
of an idea
Or sometimes a wish not processed

All this in the name of sanity
While deciphering the insanity
In the sanity we enjoy

Sometimes I feel like a memory
Of a person
like I have been lived before
Broken before
Devoured and scattered
In all corners of the Earth
Like am a voyager with a broken compass

Sometimes I feel like am too small
the world is too big
and I, an insignificant being
no relevance to anything that matter

Sometimes I feel like
I should go out and scream
Let go of this attachment called being  human
Cry a little
And die a little
Embrace pain and love
Embrace death and hope
Embrace belief and hate
Embrace nothing and something
514 · Feb 2015
I wanna fly with words
Born Feb 2015
I wanna write a poem that is thunderous
'to show that this lion can definitely roar'

I wanna write a poem that will leave you gaping 'no,he didn't just write that'

I wanna write a poem that explains the reason for my existence

I wanna write a poem about earth
'how its beauty extends from the sky to the land and blue seas

I wanna write a poem that is priceless
'you like it ,reread it,and probably fall in love with it

I wanna write a poem about her
'her beauty is enough to drive you insane

I wanna write a poem about your atrocities
infidels and your toxic relationship

I wanna write a poem that is simple

I wanna write a poem that values love
'explain why true love grows on the basis of mutual respect and reciprocity

I wanna write a poem about who I am

I wanna write a poem of us
'how magical and beautiful our love was

I wanna write a poem that flows like energy

I wanna write a poem about forgiveness
'anger malice and hate shouldn't be your daily meal'

I wanna write a poem about poets
'your brains are vast'

I wanna write a poem that draws wisdom from all cultures
510 · May 2017
i
Born May 2017
i
Pride is the sin of all sins
504 · Sep 2014
Listen Kid
Born Sep 2014
I'm  heartless, the world has made me that way
only the strong survive feel me its a dog eat dog world kid
504 · Sep 2017
Muse °loved
Born Sep 2017
I hate you
You only think about yourself
Whatever you do, you do it for yourself
You are a selfish egomaniac *****
I'd rather........

Selfish you say (she interrupts)
Hate you say (furious)
For the love I've shown you isn't enough, what would be
you have no heart
Your soul reeks of despair
What would a  cremated heart know of love?

What a hypocrite you are
throwing blames whilst knowing
you've forsake our love
I loath the years I've wasted on your compulsion
being enslaved to your beauty
how I longed to taste your lips
Dear God, if I could just meek at my future
and see the monster that had enchanted me**

Because of you
We built our relationship on a fragile glass
I warned you ( talking to her heart)
Never to fall in love
now your in pieces ( tears)
I never wanted any of this
When did love become this bitter!
504 · Apr 2014
Amina
Born Apr 2014
I hate this world, the more I am in it, the more I feel the need to look for a way out.

But that is no way to go for a man as great as I, I will wait and see what fate has in store for me.

When the world wakes up in the morning, the first thing they see is the beautiful sunrise.

They feel the warm rays on their face and breath in the fresh air.

When I wake up in the morning, I just feel the weight of my existence pressing me.

Pulling, pulling and pulling and I am afraid, for the time will come when there's nothing left to pull.

So tell me is that a way for a man as great as I to live?
499 · Sep 2015
Slumber
Born Sep 2015
I learned my mistakes from my neighbours, you can never touch me
Back from the streets when I was young and couldn't draw a picture
always skating
just skating my days away

He ain't messing
my heart is baking
Sloppy drinking
thinking alcohol is problem solving
always on the edge, testing blade

Am jogging, am sluggish
still attached to the emotions
am fainting
detached, isolated
forgiving, forgiven
but never forgetting

am a loaded pistol
stronger than a missile
those kitty kitty ***** meow days are far gone
498 · Aug 2015
nothing but the Truth
Born Aug 2015
Am having conflict with truth

The truth ain't something you want in your conscious

like a ******

The murderer feels relief
the victim terrorised him
so slicing her neck was like listening to a cool beat put together and the music is just perfect

or she just end up crying like a lost kitten
you didn't mean it
but it just happened
you feel lost
and your ghosts flash right in front of you

It doesn't really set you free

It puts you in a comma
the rest is up to you
whether you fight or just drown
498 · Dec 2016
Earth
Born Dec 2016
I remember when I was innocent
Life was beautiful
Everything was just perfect
I didn't think too much about things
And according to me
Nothing was there to be thought about

Then reality sunk in
It suddenly dawned on me
that I was living and illusion

Something called World War
had happened
Millions lost there lives
Humanity needed saving
From greed and sadists

One day I switched on the TV
only to see
People protesting  
Complaining about trees and papers
last week others were complaining about elephants and horns
Well today's menu is global warming

*I thought life was beautiful
498 · Sep 2017
Am not just a number
Born Sep 2017
She woke up to the reality of cruelty
Pain, the stench of his breath on her skin
life, she's been devoured of existence
She hated and regretted being a girl
oh pain, she couldn't bottle you anymore
she ran to the nearest, tallest bridge
and finally numbed the pain
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She didn't have to
but we ignored her
judged her
avoided her
but never helped her
her  cluttered heart was broken
nobody noticed or cared enough to notice
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This piece is for the **** victims.  They've suffered the most from this heinous atrocities committed by savage creatures.
I personally want to say am sorry for all you've endured and the strength you've shown by living through it all alone.

#amnotjustanumber
Born Mar 2015
When you wake up from a sudden  dream and your heart is on your throat

When love becomes blur

When your heart is dreaded,you end up joining 'I can't breathe' support group

When you realise in life your either a predator or a prey

When you enjoy sin,like a beautiful dalliance

When light is a little further and darkness a little closer

When your words are all that you have left
490 · Mar 2015
I still love you
Born Mar 2015
After prayers and fasting, I finally got a job
Our love was great but still we needed money
So I worked more harder, when I got home you were already asleep
No taste on the food, just roasted potatoes
At some point we argued, but that's the life we wanted

To make it worse,I got a transfer to Canada
All along we fought for this life
"Patience is a virtue" that's a lie
our love trembled ,patience never made things better

I still keep calling, but you don't bother to pick up
I try to cook ,but I can't eat
am zero without you,hustle, killed us
but I want to remind you
that I still love you
when love fades
490 · Mar 2015
!
Born Mar 2015
!
Our love was meant for the theaters
we had so much love including haters
but am not a good pretender
I fell in love with a killer
a breaker and a taker of hearts

Now am left with a Shadow
a shadow that paints
my sorrow
my aches
my void
my strained tears
490 · Aug 2016
Muse 'the silent truth
Born Aug 2016
This world is a smoke, that refuses to ignite
constantly on a verger of damnation
a fate  bitter, even in thoughts 'it frightens  

Your father was once enticed in its  illusions
an aching experience
that he carries around  like his Shadow

Don't fall into traps of a fairytale
Indeed they allude the bare truth
That is forever hidden  in plain sight

if need be
Speak your truth, but quietly
with all its troubles
it is still a beautiful world
489 · Mar 2015
bitter songs
Born Mar 2015
you thought too much
body boiling
heart racing

So you ran,faster than ever
every time you looked back
despair was catching up

every time you  looked back 
 monsters and nightmares formed an alliance

every time you looked back
a piece of your heart fell

every time you looked back
her memories crippled you
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