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Jul 2024 · 152
Just
Salmabanu Hatim Jul 2024
As you cleanse your body with water,
Cleanse your soul with love.
21/7/2024
Jul 2024 · 127
When my mind
Salmabanu Hatim Jul 2024
Becomes a bagful of thoughts,
I go to a quiet and serene place,
Like a beach,
Or a cliff with the waves crashing against the rocks,
And declutter them.
19/7/2024
Jul 2024 · 242
If you have
Salmabanu Hatim Jul 2024
Less or nothing,
Give of your heart,
That still makes a difference.
18/7/2024
Jul 2024 · 256
If
Salmabanu Hatim Jul 2024
If
Imam Hussain had not sacrificed his head,
Humanity would have died.
Hussain stood for justice, truth and dignity.
Hussain awakens your conscience,
And I am his disciple.
17/7/2024
Jul 2024 · 167
I am blessed(8W)
Salmabanu Hatim Jul 2024
My husband's heart has only ears for me.
12/7/2024
Jul 2024 · 78
Successful
Salmabanu Hatim Jul 2024
Are those people,
Who humble themselves in their deeds,
And prayers.
10/7/2024
Jul 2024 · 133
If you want to be
Salmabanu Hatim Jul 2024
At peace,
Find good in every person you meet,
And in every situation you come across.
9/7/2024
Jul 2024 · 254
In an extended family
Salmabanu Hatim Jul 2024
small cup of icecream
in the refrigerator
finders are keepers.
3/7/2024
Jul 2024 · 93
Life
Salmabanu Hatim Jul 2024
Is a circle,
Love and thou shall beget love.
Jul 2024 · 224
Nightfall
Salmabanu Hatim Jul 2024
too dark to see
moonlight falls on your sweet face
see love in your eyes.
1/7/2024
Jun 2024 · 99
Early mornings
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
My husband wakes me up with a hot cup of masala tea,
To rev up my engines,
For the household chores ahead.
29/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 169
Boundaries
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
Tell people where their limit is.
29/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 67
A Lie
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
Is better,
Than a bitter truth,
If it saves a marriage,
Or a life.
29/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 146
Small Dog
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
made a dog of clay
with its paw up in the air
favourite mascot.
27/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 62
Johnny Appleseed
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
outside his window
saw bough of apple blossoms
felt magical bond.
27/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 84
I try
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
To tell the truth
But sometimes white lies are necessary.
24/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 61
He asked me
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
How should I love you?
Forget my past,
Take care of my present,
Motivate my future,
And just love me.
24/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 54
Gardening
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
And watching the flowers bloom,
Is the most tranquil pleasure for your soul.
23/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 90
Three places
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
I dress modestly,
Carry a worn out handbag,
Wear worn stretchers,
Be humble and courteous,
And speak politely.
The doctor's clinic,
The lawyer's office,
The  principals office,
To minimise bills or donations.
22/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 201
I decided
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
To talk less,
To be safe from blame
But people around me asked,
If I was well,
They missed my old me,
And my continuance chatter.
21/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 153
Good
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
Is life,
Better is life with laughter,
Best is life with laughter and love.
20/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 148
Why I left him
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
I wanted him to love me,
As I was,
And not what he wanted me to be.
18/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 182
Love
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
Is neither a duty,
Nor a responsibility.
Love is not I or We,
Love is freedom.
15/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 257
If you
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
Trouble trouble,
Trouble will trouble you.
Offer no resistance,
And it will leave you.
12/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 82
I swept
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
All the bitterness and sorrow from my heart,
And await a beloved,
To light a candle in my darkness.
10/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 78
Don't rely
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
On people,
Some may change,
And show you their other side,
Others may pass away.
9/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 325
Whenever
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
I am lonely,
I switch on the T.V.,
Radio,
Or open a book to read.
6/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 244
My Philosophy
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
Is my kindness,
And my compassion and humility are my religion.
3/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 122
A secret
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
Spoken is not a secret anymore,
It should be covered in silence.
3/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 86
Now
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
Now
Is one action,
One breath,
One moment.
2/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 222
My poems
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
Were my everthing,
Now he has become my poems.
1/6/2024
Jun 2024 · 94
Overthinking (8W)
Salmabanu Hatim Jun 2024
Leads you to be someone you are not.
1/6/2024
May 2024 · 201
My smile
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
Lightens the mood of others,
And my laughter lightens the burden and mood of myself.
31/5/2024
May 2024 · 54
Tension
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
My friend's story.
He was dark and not so handsome,
Never had he so much tension as that day.
As he was going to play tennis a very beautiful girl asked him for a lift,
He got tension,
Such a gorgeous girl asking him for a lift.
Not had they gone some distance the girl felt nauseated and fainted,
Tension,
He quickly took her to a hospital,
The doctor checked her and smiled,
"Congratulations you are going to be a father",
Tension,
He denied he was not the father,
She insisted he was,
Tension,
After undergoing several tests
they found he could never be a father ,
Tension,tension, tension,
Then who was the father of those two kids at his home,
Who called him dad.
31/5/2024
May 2024 · 98
A fool
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
Neither agrees to his weakness,
Nor listens to the advice of the wise.
May 2024 · 188
Nature
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
flowers brag all day
we bring colour to nature
butterflies spread wings.
29/5/2024
May 2024 · 168
What to do
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
When a man walks out on you,
Shut the door,
Eat a tub of icecream,
And continue with your life.
27/5/2024
May 2024 · 136
Best Book
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
My man took me to a library,
He asked me to choose any book I loved,
I looked lovingly into his eyes,
Flickered my eyelashes,
And softly replied,"CHEQUE BOOK."
25/5/2024
May 2024 · 152
The heaviest
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
Burden you carry is your past.
23/5/2024
May 2024 · 181
Uptil Now
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
I have been given 38106000 minutes in life,
I don't think I have done anything with it,
Like being patriotic, a saint or famous,
Not to be remembered in any history books,
Except a sweet or sad memory for my family and friends.
22/5/2024
May 2024 · 235
His Smile(5W)
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
Provoked me to love him.
21/5/2024
May 2024 · 82
Don't rely
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
Wholly on your senses,
They have a tendency to deceive.
21/5/2024
May 2024 · 99
Righteousness
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
Is just a curtain,
More evil is done behind it.
21/5/2024
May 2024 · 107
What made my day
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
Was despite a stressful day at work,
My children came running to me with joy laughing and crying,
Scrambling on my lap,
Hugging and kissing me,
My heart throbbed with getting so much love.
Now they have a life of their own,
They come when they want me to baby sit for them,
Or help  them with their monetary problems.
I am happy,
At least I get to bond with my grandchildren.
19/5/2024
May 2024 · 175
Truth
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
Can be bitter,
But it liberates.
18/5/2024
May 2024 · 160
You may try to
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
Forgive,
Forget,
But some wounds leave a scar,
And at a slightest hurt can open and bleed.
17/5/2024
May 2024 · 195
Don't
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
Be a slave of your anger,
Be the master.
15/5/2024
May 2024 · 225
When a child
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
Does not understand,
What he is being taught,
He finds pleasure in distracting himself and others.
15/5/2024
May 2024 · 85
Life's Like That
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
In high school before exams,
We all profusely prayed to Allah to make us pass with excellent grades
But my friend prayed for a Mercedes a craze then.
We all passed with good grades,
My friend did not get his Mercedes,
He passed with distinction,
Went to Unversity,
Became a CEO of a big company,
Now he is an industrialist with a fleet of cars,
Latest models and even two Mercedes,
And I a happy house wife,
With several children,
That's Allah's way.
15/5/2024
May 2024 · 91
Your thoughts
Salmabanu Hatim May 2024
Keep on flowing,
If you stop them,
They die.
13/5/2024
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