The seemingly universe is listening
Say it with faith, it's keenly being
talk through the words, and thoughts
they are all around to hear your whispers

My affirmation flows, the day goes
I am like a mountain, my eyes on grain
I am stronger than appear
Good things are in store

I'd grow much taller, go beyond my limits
The stream of thoughts are windier
I am flowing along with the wind
Spin new changes, but I am grounded in me
I have a super power, the belief in just me
I'd do great, in each and every thing I pick
So is my belief, so I would believe

The universe is a fraction of my mind
I build empires, I have all of the power.

I’m an ordinary girl
Born of ordinary parents
On an extraordinary day.

They came from ordinary people
Who lived out ordinary lives.
They never really had a lot
And seemed content with lesser.

How is it then that I was born
Always wanting something more.
Seeking that beyond the screen
Not satisfied with all at hand.

Why did I not fit the mold
That formed my sis and  brother.
It seemed to work out fine for them
But was a prison cell for me.

I bashed through those restraining walls
To seek my future my own way
Finding cliffs I could not climb
And oceans I could never swim

There was a narrow path to take
But I preferred to dance the edges
Gathering the shiny baubles
That melted in the setting Sun
And left me where I am today
Living an ordinary life

And seeking to plant Hollyhocks
Where only cactus ever grows.
                   ljm

Me, mine, my and I
how, who, what, why?
No, not at all, try
Somehow, so possessive
A monstrous instinct
This ego needs to die.

I didn't whisper your name,  
but they heard it in my silence.  
I didn't paint your face,  
but they saw it in my dreams.  
Love, like the moonlight,  
cannot be hidden in the dark.  

- faiza