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Jan 2021 · 156
Power of Love
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
He was sure he would change me after marriage,
After thirty years he is more myself than I am.😉
22/1/2020
Jan 2021 · 290
Find Joy
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
Make the eye laugh when it is about to cry,
Give a bit of your heart and not a piece of your mind,
Share happiness with your laughter and not drown in sorrow
Lighten other's heart with your smile,
Be a candle in their darkness,
Share all the love you have in You.
22/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 178
Accessories
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
At two boutiques my husband holds my arm tightly,
Distracts and steers me away,
Handbags and shoes.
22/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 201
Air
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
Air
I thought air was free,
Until I was kept on ventilator in the hospital,
And saw the bill on being released.
22/1/2021.
Jan 2021 · 283
Dadima
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
Dadi in Gujarati means grandmother,
Father''s mother
And daddy is father pronounced the same.
When my granddaughter was four she refused to call me Dadi,
Insisting her daddy was my son.
Tears swelled in her eyes,
So I pacified her,
I told her I was her daddy's mother so she could call me Dadima.
So I am Dadima to my son's children,
And  Nanima to my daughter's  children.
21/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 164
Distance
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
Distance makes the heart grow fonder,
But in any relationship don't stretch the distance so that like a rope it breaks.
21/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 109
Battery
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
When my phone battery is at 3%
panic sets in ,
This is how I react.
"Please love don't die,
Nothing will happen to you,
I won't let anything happen to you,
Hold on,
Don't close your eyes.
20/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 786
Frees stress
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
The setting Sun,
An empty beach,
Sand on my ****
Waves kissing and tingling my feet,
Gulping wild salty air.,
Nothing but happiness.
20/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 287
Mosquito
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
A woman tried to shoo away a whinning mosquito from her ears,
The mosquito landed on her neck and bit her,
"Be warned lady, my bite is worse than my buzz.
20/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 72
Time
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
Tick tok tick  tok....~~~~~~......
Hold it if you can
19/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 198
Glad For Lockdown
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
My ego burst during lockdown,
My wife is a housewife,
I bring home a fat salary,
The breadwinner.
I felt my wife did little at home,
And I complained all the time demanding attention.
All that changed when I stayed at home during lockdown,
I realised being a homemaker is a multitask,
A 24/7 job with no leave or bonuses,
Why my children are so close to their mother than me,
Her gifts their hugs and laughter and sometimes praise from me,
I respect my wife's  career and am glad for lockdown.
19/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 103
Stars
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
I saw the stars in your eyes,
And one shone through your heart,
FOR ME
19/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 219
7 wonders of the world
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
Not the Pyramids of Egypt nor The Taj Mahal,
But
To touch and feel,
To hear,
To see
To smell
To taste
Laughter
And above all LOVE
18/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 174
Life
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
Life is a journey from Allah to Allah,
When and where you  travel is your destiny,
How you tackle it will be your test and trials.
18/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 210
Sunflower
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
dangling between stone
the sun flower smiles and nods
at the rising sun.
17/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 527
That's Life
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
I asked for a banana,
You gave me a big, red and juicy apple.
16/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 102
Food
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
As a child mother fed me what she thought was best for me,
I had no choice though I sometimes rebelled.
As a youth I tasted platefuls, with varieties ,
My food, my choice.
In middle age I was mostly on diet,
Nibbled my food and exercised,
After all I wanted to stay youthful.
Now in old age my dear daughter-in-law  is strict with my diet
I have no choice,
But if you see a light in our fridge it is me looking for that sweet something.
16/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 234
Sweetheart
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
When I follow my heart,
It leads me to you,
But when I follow my stomach,
It leads me to the fridge
To top it when we have visitors which is often,
It really matters what is left inside
Jan 2021 · 122
Hanbdbag
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
To know more about a woman,
Browse into her handbag.
15/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 574
"I Hate You"
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
Words spoken by my teenage daughter,
Just because I am strict and not easy on her.
My love,you haven't a clue,
Why I am ******* you,
For the path you have taken,
I have already trodden.
Don't be angry on the lines I draw,
I hope you will in time understand me so.
Don't judge me dear,
Where you are heading is what I fear.
To stop you heading the wrong path I must my child,
Less you turn wild.
14/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 91
Clever Old Man
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
An old man had three sons,
All selfish and self centred,
Their wives sailed in the same boat,
They kept the old man in the hope of inheriting his fortune,
They had heard the old fellow mentioning about it to his friend,
A clever ruse so the children would not send him into a Home.
On his death bed the old man's last words were"I have hidden one million dollars under the........
They are still looking for it.
13/1/2020
Jan 2021 · 80
Learn
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
Every moment life teaches you a thing or two,
Even you can learn something from an idiot.
13/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 94
For Me
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
A mother is like a beautiful bouquet of  colourful flowers ,
Whose sweet fragrance spreads around the whole house.
13/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 123
Lost Shoe
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
Cinderella lost her shoe and married a prince,
If you lose yours at midnight you are drunk
12/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 105
Swearing
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
Helps me to reduce my frustrations and calm me.
12/1/2020
Jan 2021 · 180
Open Up
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
You gave me your heart,
But you're still caged in your own thoughts.
12/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 331
My Daughter
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
She is as beautiful as sunset,
Her cheeks two peaches,
With brown eyes like melting chocolate,
And a smile like glowing sunshine.
Kind and loving,
A look at her would remind you of a fragile flower,
But that is her facade,
She is a woman of power and great inner strength,
Hardworking and self dependent,
She is a fragile bomb.
11/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 90
Truth
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
Is like a drop of oil in water,
Always will float on top.
11/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 203
Prayer
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
Before I go to sleep,
I beg Allah to let me see the new dawn,
To widen my grave after I die.
11/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 423
Offline
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
She went offline after sending him emoji of several kisses,
He did not sleep the whole night thinking constantly of her luscious lips on his.
10/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 172
Self Control
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
Before you act or speak ask yourself,
"Is it necessary? "
9/12/2020
Jan 2021 · 195
Followers
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
The number of followers you have on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram does not make you any better,
Jesus had only 12.
9/12/2021
Jan 2021 · 94
Last One
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
My older brother is most handsome,
The one younger than him is a sportsman.
Then come my two sisters,
The elder is confidant and best cook,
People crave for her dishes,
The second is most beautiful.
They have swooped all the good traits of our parents,
I am left with nothing,
Neither looks nor talents,
A speck in a crowd,
Someone told me to be just myself,
And I am happy whatever I am.
6/1/2020
Jan 2021 · 478
Rose
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
She asked me for a rose,
When she herself was a beautiful rose by the name Rose.
Jan 2021 · 219
A Bet
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
Till today I can never forget,
A teenager's ego,
I should have let go.
A bet to make you fall in love with me and then leave you,
The opposite would happen I never knew,
You left me instead heartbroken. 😭💔
5/1/2020
Jan 2021 · 95
My Dad
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
Slogged all his life,
To give us a good life.
4/1/2020
Jan 2021 · 102
My Grandmother
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
Whenever my brother and I as kids wanted a second helping grandmother was there to fill the plate,
And if we were grounded she would sneak food into our room.
If something needed to be repaired by dad mum would tell grandmother,
The job sure got done the same day.
We too used grandmother for things we needed dad to buy for us.
Dad adored his mum,
For him she was his temple,
And grandma only wanted us to be a happy family,
She treated mum as her own daughter.
Grandmother had her gentle ways,
Her beautiful smile and her kind words captured your heart,
You could not deny her anything.
4/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 106
Parents
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
Never die,
They live on in their children's hearts and memories,
Their children carry with them their genes,
It may be in their beauty,a gesture or a talent,
Some can be a reflection of their parents.
Jan 2021 · 100
I Thought
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
I had everything,
EXCEPT TIME

2/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 375
My everything
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
She is the flower,
Who I want to see grow and bloom.
2/1/2021
Jan 2021 · 479
4:00 am
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
Just returned from the bathroom the fourth time.
2/1/2021.
Jan 2021 · 63
I Thought
Salmabanu Hatim Jan 2021
I had everything,
To enjoy what I had,
EXCEPT TIME

2/1/2021
Dec 2020 · 389
Happy New Year
Salmabanu Hatim Dec 2020
2 0 2 1
Don't be like your older brother,
We are social beings,
Be kind,
Be compassionate,
Hear our cries,
Let us out!
Give us wings to fly.
31/12/2020
Dec 2020 · 47
What I Feel
Salmabanu Hatim Dec 2020
Being in a zoo is better than being in lockdown,
At least in a zoo you have visitors flocking to see you all day.
31/12/2020
Dec 2020 · 147
2021
Salmabanu Hatim Dec 2020
I wish to take care of
My body: smile more, drink more water and work out,
My mind: cleanse my mind and **** out all negatives,
Home:pay more attention to my home and earth we live in.
26/12/2020
Dec 2020 · 82
Before you Sin
Salmabanu Hatim Dec 2020
Remember these four things:
God is watching,
The angels are writing,
Death is inevitable,
You are only in transit here.
24/12/2020
Dec 2020 · 66
My Mirror
Salmabanu Hatim Dec 2020
My mum.
24/12/2020
Dec 2020 · 73
Arranged Marriage
Salmabanu Hatim Dec 2020
A path through which two beautiful souls unite,
Where there are no expectations,
Where you come to know each other as days go by.
The journey may be rough but exciting,
Everyday a new discovery,
Adjustments,
Falls and pits.
From strangers, lovers and friends,
Growing on each other,
Sprouting deep love,
Finally two souls bond forever.
An arranged marriage in time changes into a love marriage and ends with sharing of one denture and reading glasses with a toothless smile.
22/12/2020
Dec 2020 · 97
At A Wedding
Salmabanu Hatim Dec 2020
The bride and groom are eager to go to their room,
The guests cannot wait to reach the food table.
21/12/2020
Dec 2020 · 51
Forgive Me
Salmabanu Hatim Dec 2020
I don't know which of our conversations will be last,
Which of our meetings will be last,
Which of my Good Night will be last,
So before going to sleep I pray for you all,
And beseech your forgiveness if I have hurt you in any way.
21/12/2020
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