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Rano Al-Azem Dec 2014
The times when I feel like
Curling up into a ball
And folding into myself
Are the times that I need
To feel your arms around me
*The most
Rano Al-Azem Dec 2014
Why
Why haven’t we noticed yet?
And why
Why aren’t saving each other
And ourselves…

We all want the same thing
All other arguments are lies.
Sometimes the need,
For this thing
Destroys us.

So…
What are we waiting for?
Have we given up on humanity?
Do we NOT want to save each other?

Are we destroying each other on purpose?

For centuries, it’s been the same,
Lovers versus condemners of love,
At least that’s what we think.
But aren’t we all seeking love?
We are the lovers.
But…
If that is what we are…
Then…
Who are the condemners?


Why is it that our lives are all about fighting? Fighting for what we love, fighting for our freedom, fighting to be heard… fighting for our rights… What about peace?
Rano Al-Azem Dec 2014
And for the first time
I realise why,
Love and the moon are interconnected.
Looked up at the sky
Whilst walking on a non-starry night.
There it was,
As majestic as ever.
That was all  it took,
One look.
I couldn’t drag my sight away.
Now I have a valid reason,
A reason to say:
He is my moon.
It is my way of telling the world
That you are what I see.
YOU.
You are that which is all absorbing…

And out of everyone sitting on the table,
Why do I find myself giving YOU sly smiles and lustful glances?
Those smiles and eyes oh so full of hope,
Those poor eyes, tragedy are they yet to see!
Why  do I keep finding myself hoping,
Hoping you will fall in love.
Is it because,
I have already fallen?
Maybe I couldn’t hide what I feel,
Maybe I DON’T want to hide what I feel,
For I keep hoping you notice
Notice how my chest rises and falls more
Because of you,
Because of you, Goosebumps, shivers & more.
More is what I want from you
Secretly I pray
That what you want to do to me
Is much more…
And more is what I want us to become…
Rano Al-Azem Sep 2013
Immensely do I feel,
The grief that is real,
The stories which have been told,
Injustice unfolds.
Never have the truth,
Been farther than the lie.
Savages, savages
Everywhere.
Rano Al-Azem Feb 2013
It's funny how I found happiness,
just when I thought
it was over.
It's funny how the place I thought was condemnation,
turned out to be my salvation.
It's funny how the sky is suddenly alight with
my dreams that have come true.
It's funny how I share my happiness with
people I'd never valued their worth before.
It's funny how the unknown,
once became known , have rescued me
from an abyss of desperate reality.
It's beautiful how I discovered that,
love comes in all forms and shapes.
It's beautiful to know that,
even if I'm not in love,
I am loved, and I share the love.
It's magical how I was saved,
from my harsh truth,
and had this truth replaced by beauty and sunshine.
It's magical that I am happiest,
at a time when I thought i'd be lugubrious.
And...
It's extraordinary how
friendly smiles and kisses
brought me back to life.
Miracles like those are only dreamt and wished for,
however,
those miracles have happened to me,
and for that,
I am thankful.
Forever grateful.
Rano Al-Azem Feb 2013
I love you
I know nothing
But what my heart tells me
And that is
I love you
This is to let you know
That what I feel for you
Can never wholly go.
I love you
Nothing more…
Nothing less…
But as each day goes by
I live and I die
A thousand times each day
And my heart never lies
Because I see nothing
When you’re not around me
When you’re not surrounding me...
I want to say this right,
It has to be tonight,
Just need you to know…
I love you
And I don’t care anymore
Let what is meant to be, be.
And accept me, when I come to thee!
Rano Al-Azem Nov 2012
In a parallel universe,
everyone is merry and the sun doesn't cease to shine.
Light is cast upon the glorious skin of loving people,
tender people, radiating warmth and serenity.
Suddenly,
the earth moves.
The world suddenly becomes a scary place,
words **** you.
People drain you of your freedom, and
your actions are not your own.
They want you to belong to them,
heart,body, and soul.
No exceptions for your thoughts,
trapped by what they think is propriety.
Endless slumber is more enticing than
this world of misery.
I am lugubrious.
This world needs to be abolished, exterminated.
Cleansed of its evil,
cleansed of people.
This world has drained me of my essence.
I am void,
filled with an abundance of what was not.
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