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Mar 2020 · 87
A Blessing/lockdown
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
Thank you Government,
At last I will have mum with me,
And she will have time for me.
25/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 36
Cook
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
I wondered generally  why women are supposed to cook for their husbands.
The I read theGeneva Convention.
All prisoners are supposed to be
provided with food.
25/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 12
Saw Her
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
She said there was something in my eyes,
I looked and  saw the image of her breathless beauty.
25/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 6
Locked Down
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
And at home is fun,
With dad and mum,
Without stress ,
They are at their best
And together we laugh and play,
I am learning to cook everyday.
Mum is finishing writing her book,
Dad is busy around the house completing DIY work,
Now, it's us the family,
With all the time to enjoy and be simply silly.
25/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 55
Words
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
Keep Your words under lock and key,
Use them to close a mouth,
Or open a heart.
25/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 16
Parents
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
While you are growing up,
Your parents are getting older,
They need you during these pandemic time.
Don't abandon them.
24/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 25
Sold Out!
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
Panicked shoppers filled their carts,
Things more than they needed.
To be safe to weather weeks in quarantine or complete lockdown,
And with young children in the house food runs out fast.
My friend too,shopped enough necessary items to last for three months,
Being Asian/Indian she shopped more of lentils, all types of flour, oil, ghee , vegetables and meat.
The hitch came when she had to store the groceries,
So they decided to buy another refrigerator,
Most stores they toured had all refrigerators  SOLD OUT!.
24/3/2020
I wondered how the people would store so much foodstuff.
Mar 2020 · 54
Pharmacists
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
Doctors, nurses, firemen,
Scientists, caretakers and others in health care are praised for their work,
Except Pharmacists  during these lean times,
They are also on the frontline to fight the corona virus.
They  toil on and on,
Standing for hours serving patients,
Listening calmly to their complaints ,
Dealing with their bad moods,
Preparing boxes for each patient's and see they are delivered on time to their houses,
Theirs is a thankless jobs,
The least appreciated profession,
I see them performing their tasks silently
They too should be recognised as key workers,
They too, deserve due respect,
Instead they are not recognised in the medical fraternity and Government for their performance.
PRAY the Pharmacist Board and others would wake up and give them their due recognition.
23/3/2020
I have seen many Pharmacists inU.K and other places especially in these times working without any appreciation from Health Care. Please let them be under key workers category
Mar 2020 · 40
My Dearest
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
You are the anchor of my life that keep me in my place,
And you are the strong sails that steer me to a new journey everyday.
23/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 8
No Regrets
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
The best thing I did in my life is give my heart to you my sweet wife.
23/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 34
Don't Tag Names
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
Viruses know no borders,
Neither your ethnicity,
Nor the colour of your skin,
Or how much money you have in the bank.
It's an airborne disease.
It's called Corona Virus or Covid 19.
23/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 76
A Trader Had A .......
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
A trader had a Covid 19,
A trader had a Covid 19,
It was more contagious than flu,
And wherever the trader went the Covid 19 was sure to go.

It followed the trader to other countries,
It followed the trader to other countries,
It made the people cough and sneeze,
Cough and sneeze,
All the countries scientists and doctors did not know what to do,
Didn't know what to to do.

So all the politicians had a meeting one day,
Had a meeting one day.
They made the people stay at home
Stay at home,
They closed all the schools and fun places
And lockdown all the places where the Covid 19 was sure to follow,
They made the people wear masks and wash their hands
Wear masks and wash their hands.

This made the world bright and clean,
Bright and clean,
It made the children laugh and play at home with their mommies and daddies,
Laugh and play at home,
Laugh and play at home.
22/3/2020
Based on nursery rhyme Mary Had A Little Lamb.
Mar 2020 · 10
For Me Mom
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
i love you the most,
everyday is a Mother's Day
you are my Angel.
22/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 21
Oh Flirt!
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
What would you know the value of a pinch of love,
Legendary lovers will tell you.
21/3/2020.
Mar 2020 · 17
Covid 19(haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
he catches the virus
never goes home to family
last sacrifice.
21/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 20
Goodbye
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
showered thousand kisses
and last one on the forehead
left without a word.
21/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 42
Beauty Tips
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
Beauty from within is greater,
To be slim share your food with the hungry,
For a glowing skin spread happiness.
20/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 7
Worry
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
I never worry who is against me,
For God is with me.
Amen.
20/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 25
Colours
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
I love all colours,
Brown, black, yellow and white,
Of beautiful women.
20/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 21
Distance
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
He wanted to come closer,
I refused,
He wanted to touch me,
No! I shouted,
He wanted to kiss me,
I wore a mask.
What's wrong with you he asked in anger,
Who's come between us?
COVID 19 I replied.
20/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 103
Aura
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
Is like a weather map of your body,
All the data recorded in your soul.
20/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 14
Lucky Me
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
I never knew the meaning of love
You taught me what is true love,
You even loved my crazy ways.
When I smiled it was you who was happy,
And when I was sad it was you who hurt,
You have given me so much love that I have even come to love myself.
19/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 110
A Letter From God
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
Dear Society,

           This is to remind you I am your creator and I am in control.
You forgot about me in your euphoria to control the world.
             I always forgive.I am giving you a rare gift to put your house in order. I am giving you time to spend together as families. Time to slow down.
              For years the society is weary and exhausted crying out to me. Mental illnesses  and cases of suicides have increased.
               Rest, play and work at home. Build relationships. Work on projects at home you had dreamed about. Most important learn to be clean. Toilet rolls and sanitizers are not necessary. Clean water and good hygiene is important.
                    You have dirtied mother earth till it had no place to breathe.I warned you.I sent earthquakes, Tsunamis, El Ninos,
Climate Change and fires but, you never listened.
                      Now,distancing you from socializing and putting a stop on industries and staying  at home has done wonders. Mother Earth is breathing again.
                      I hope you have woken up and REMEMBER ME I AM YOUR SAVIOUR.
19/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 65
Ok
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
Ok
It is very easy to say "I AM SORRY" when you hurt somebody,
But, very difficult to say"I AM FINE" when you get hurt.
18/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 6
Me
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
Me
Being ME and believing in myself is my superpower.
18/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 23
Truth Questions
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
If you were to go back to time what prank would you play on your teenage parents?
18/3/2020
Pls give lots of answers.
Mar 2020 · 5
Sad Truth
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
I miss you,
Hope you miss me too.
18/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 8
Happiness
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
Create it,
Go towards it,
Enjoy it.
18/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 1.5k
Hand Sanitizer
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
Here a pump,there a pump,
Everywhere pump, pump, pump
Touch and pump,
A gentle pump, a hard pump,
Swipe and wipe,
Oh!Corona what a life,
OCD  of sanitizer.
17/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 105
I Almost Died
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
When my son did not cry for some time after he was born.
17/3/2019
Mar 2020 · 27
Company(haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
a lovely red rose
on my kitchen window sill
said don't cry I'm here.
17/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 42
Mother
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
No rule book,
Just do your best,
Every child is different.
You are lucky to be a mother.
16/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 34
Covid 19 (Acrostic)
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
C  Corona is my pretty name
O  Over the hills and into the
     valleys and cities
V   Verily , verily
I    I the monster
D   Deadly and contagious strike
       all those who come in my
       path
19   in 2019 born in Wuhan,China
      
16/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 362
Happy Birthday
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
For my birthday he gifted me:
Several packets of salt to gargle my throat,
Rolls of tissue paper,
Vitamin C  tablets
Sanitizers,
Masks and dettol sprays.
I love you tons and tons,
Be safe for me.
16/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 31
Hate
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
She hated me for loving her,
What could I do?
My heart refused,
Her heart was the only place my heart wanted to reside.
16/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 17
Why I Ask?
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
When God gives us everything,
When he forgives our worst sins,
We are still beguiled by Satan.
16/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 28
My Most Emotional Moment
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
My first kiss to my daughter when she was born.
15/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 23
Winter trees(haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
shivering they stand
the sky lets loose swirls of snow
covering their nakedness.
15/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 14
My Dream
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
My hard work pays in such a way that my signature becomes "an autograph please."
15/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 31
Veils
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
They banned veils,
Now they have to wear masks,
What a wierd turn in life.
14/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 14
Water
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
Water cleans all,
Don't crib for toilet paper.
More yet to come.
14/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 144
2020
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
The Year of Covid 19,
The Year of Awakening,
Don't go for forbidden fruits,
Make earth a better place.
We are travellers here,
The universe has made many of our dreams come true
And so it will our nightmares.
14/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 36
Smile
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
Let's always meet each other with a smile,
A smile speaks all languages.
13/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 19
Live Life
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
Always to the full,
DO NOT EXIST
Enjoy every moment,
No replay, No rewind,
Believe in miracles.
13/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 38
Poison(8W)
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
Laughter is poison when somebody laughs at you.
13/3/2020.
Mar 2020 · 29
Emotions
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
Sometimes when words refuse to come out,
I pen all my emotions in my poems.
12/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 98
A cat's moan
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
girl- stop your screaming
only a mouse betwixt your feet
tasty gift for us.
12/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 30
Black
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
They say corona baby is afraid of black and heat.
11/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 29
Soul
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
his soul perched on mine,
beseeched  to leave me alone,
WiFi connection.
11/3/2020
Mar 2020 · 9
Loveable(haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim Mar 2020
in the crib baby
smiles and tugs at dad's finger,
penny for your thoughts.
11/3/2020
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