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Storm

Nov 6 Imaan Asif

Edmond

Storm

For a split second
I see beauty
Rain dripping from leaves
Tumbling and trickling
To the ground
Glistening gleaming bright
A glimpse of a rainforest
And then it’s gone
and it’s
just
cold rain.

I thought I loved them but I was wrong. We were just never meant to be

Nov 6 Imaan Asif

Untitled

Nov 6 Imaan Asif

N

Untitled

Anxiety wraps
itself around me,

like a coat that
doesn’t fit me

like a lover that
doesn’t love me

like a fire that
doesn’t warm me

I rewrote this poem because it felt unfinished.

#anxiety #loveless #warmth #fire

Oct 31 Imaan Asif

Let Me Go

Oct 31 Imaan Asif

WildFire

Let Me Go

Let me go, like letting the ribbon slip through your fingers, your eyes watching the balloon dance in the breeze before disappearing into the clouds.

Oct 1 Imaan Asif

Nervous

Oct 1 Imaan Asif

Mica Light Poetry

Nervous

She's shaking.
Unstable.
For the taking.
Swallowed in fog.
Connection is lost.
She's cut off
From herself.
She's cut off.
Can't get out.
There is no where but here.

"Disappear. Disappear."
She whispers.

"I am here. I am here."
She answers.

"Tell me." He says,
"Tell me all that you dread."

And her fears spoke louder
Than anything ever said.

Inspired from learning about polyvagal theory and the feeling of being "stuck" in the sympathetic state (fight/flight/freeze) or dorsal (collapse). Speaking about where youre at can help you bring back ventral state to the foreground, the beneficial state, the ability to have connectedness at ease.

#stuck #anxiety #help #voice #nervous #polyvagaltheory

Sep 30 Imaan Asif

I am Lost

Sep 30 Imaan Asif

JRF

I am Lost

I am Lost

My soul resonates
with the prettiest and darkest things.
I feel and hurt
and live and rejoice
and die and hate
and forgive.
I do it all
in a whirlwind of emotions so no wonder.
No wonder
I don’t know what’s forward or backwards or even what to say
Or do next.
I am so lost.

Sep 25 Imaan Asif

We still have time

Sep 25 Imaan Asif

Anya

We still have time

There is still time
To have breakfast in bed
after we woke up
There is time to talk
Slowly
Carefully
Picking words which don’t hurt
We can still hold hands
Gaze into each other’s eyes
Be kind
Be nice
We still have time to laugh
Watch each other smiles
And be amazed
Everyday

It is not too late

Sep 25 Imaan Asif

Silent art

Sep 25 Imaan Asif

Paige

Silent art

Silence was a canvas
And no one could paint it like you could

Sep 15 Imaan Asif

hugging

Sep 15 Imaan Asif

kaela

hugging

i need a hug,
not a false side one.
a really long one.
one in which i just disappear from the world.

nothing else will matter.
not the fact that me and you
have both moved on and found someone new.
i need one so tight
that i can feel my bones being crushed and pressured
until they s h a t t e r .

until
i
see
nothing
but
a
black
screen.

because all of what i've seen
is pain and hurt.
people fall and are pushed to
instantly get back up and brush off the dirt.

let's hug.
until
we
both
disappear.

Sep 12 Imaan Asif

Mocking bird.

Sep 12 Imaan Asif

Asonna

Mocking bird.

Hush little baby, don't you cry.
                     Mamma's moving onto a peaceful ride.
And on that ride, she's not in pain.
                     But Mamma knows you'll miss her anyway.
She loved you to the moon and back,
                    Always and forever, even after life.

#coping #sadness #death #poetry #pain #love #loss #emotional #writing #empty