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Nour ElBorno Dec 2018
In her eyes I see
A thousand smiles, I hear
A sad whisper.
When she talks,
She fakes
A few tones of grief.
She tries to make me think,
She is sad so I break
And tell her
Not to fear.
She wants me to be
Her knight when dawn
Is shining at its peak.
She thinks life is
One goodbye
And loads of hellos and come here.
I never cared,
And walked away,
And let sunlight be her escape.
Until one night,
I opened my eyes
And she was not there.
All the smiles were fake
And all the tears were true
But I was fool to think:
All she needs is a knight
To make her fairy tale real -
All it was that she was lost
And in need for a way
To put her pieces back to place.
She died of a disease
I did not think existed:
The disease of lonesome -
And insecurity.
Nour ElBorno Dec 2018
I see it,
I jump,
I almost fall apart:
That is how life has been
For a couple of years past.
Something pulls me from the back,
And something pushes me so hard.
Lost in lack of equilibrium -
Incapable of moving an arm.
Trains rushing towards me
Phasing right through me
And I stand.
I take a breath.
I pant.
I whisper to myself
Because my lungs cannot function right:
It will end.
It will pass.
The train goes
And all my strength I catch
Until another breaks everything I touch.
From afar I see
Passengers getting in and out
But all this time
I never entered one.
I was always in the way
Of all the storms of winter
But not even once
I could admit out loud:
I am so cold tonight
And I just want to fall apart.

11:38
10/12/2018
Nour ElBorno Dec 2018
Silence.
Shhh.
You hear silence a thousand times
And noise a bit.
When the world is so freaky,
Your heart is the safest bet.
Flickering stars tend to fade
When your eyes close:
Why would the eyes close?
For it would scare us
To actually see.
Ten
Nine
Eight
And not one two three -
Is not it easier to trace our steps back?
Time passes
So do our breaks
But time goes forward
And our memories keep us here.
One hurt the more,
One wish the less:
Until everything fits into place.
Silence.
Balance:
With each breath out,
A colder one gets in.

December 7, 2018.
Nour ElBorno Nov 2018
At some point, one remembers all the people who were once part of his life (or in my case her). The circle of people we used to see for a long time. The faces that we no longer recognize, or the voices we no longer recall. The kind of people who were there, always, so you never had to make memories or think about those memories because you assumed they would last.
Ah!
The people who were once part of our lives.
Where did they go?
What do they do?
Who are they now?
Those questions will most probably never be answered.
But if it means much, I do remember some faces. I do recall some voices.
And the rest fade - like, to them, I faded. I am forgotten. My voice is not recalled. Where did I go? What did I do? Who am I? They will never know.
Nour ElBorno Oct 2018
Some tears leave scars
Some wounds part
And some fears remain
When some hearts are long gone.
Nour ElBorno Oct 2018
We hit the pause button
Hopin' life would stop
Maybe there's a way
To Heaven
Shorter than this life-time.
I know there are setbacks
I know we are doomed inside
But maybe there's somethin'
That will help us
In our short ride.

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Nour ElBorno Oct 2018
She recited poetry like she was reciting her own heart.
You could hear her happiness
You could hear her anger
You could hear her pain.
She recited poetry like she was telling a story.
Every line said something
Every line expressed a feeling
Every ling gave out a memory.
She recited poetry like she was freeing her soul.
Every breath let out an apology
Every breath pushed out a scream
Every breath released some goodbyes.
She recited poetry like she knew how poetry should be recited.
A lot saw her.
A few heard her.
But no one listened to a word she said,
Yet - a lot sobbed  
And a few cried.
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