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Nov 2019 · 573
Bear With Me
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
I can't remember,
I can't understand,
I don't have concept of things,
My mind is leaking.
Don't leave me,please,
Give me a kiss on the cheek,
Hold my hand.
I am sick, sad and tired,
Be patient with me,
Don't think I am giving you a hard time,
I am having a hard time.
Keep me away from crowds and noises,
I hate them.
I may not answer,
I may be abrupt,
Don't take it to heart,
Still talk to me.
Don't lecture or argue,
My mind hurts,
Instead agree.
I am a lonely soul,
Give me a hint of kindness.
14/11/2019
Help your dear ones suffering  from dementia or Alzheimer. They need you and your kindness all the way
Nov 2019 · 74
In School
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
They teach maths,
But they never teach us how open a bank account,
How to invest and double our savings.
13/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 515
Aerobics
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
I woke up early in the morning,
I bent,
I twisted,
I gyrated,
I jumped up and down,
After half an hour I was sweating,
At last I had my leotards on,
That was enough of aerobics for me.
13/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 116
Loving You Is(haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
chaos and lovely
with scars pain faults and laughter
maddening perfect
13/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 79
Home
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
Afterlife is your home,
Life on Earth is merely a journey
you are passing through,
Death is transit point from where you continue  your journey  towards home
13/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 391
Three words
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
"I love you"
         Or
"I hate you"
can change somebody's  life.
11/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 267
3F's
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
I relish,
Friday's,
Food,
And Females.
10/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 298
I DO
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
Nobody,
No, nobody,
Nobody, nobody, nobody. ...
Ever, ever,  ever, loves me,
Frustrated, tears swelling in my eyes I cried out.
I do, I do, I do,........
Yes! Yes! Yes! I truly do.....
I heard a sweet, firm voice from the doorway,
I do, I do, I do, I really love you,
I love you more, and more, and more everyday mum!
Exclaimed my four year old son,
running towards me,
Hugging me tightly,
Draining all bitterness within me.
10/11/2019
...
Someone out there always loves you.
Nov 2019 · 179
My Heart
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
My heart goes a dub,dub, dub....
Thud, thud, thud, thud........
Lub dub, lub dub , lub dub. .....
Beating in harmony,
Dancing to the rhythm of first blossom of love,
A sweet melody for you only.
9/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 96
Happiness
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
Is like a soft kiss on the lips that reach your soul and bring colour to your personality.
9/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 58
How To Fail
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
Trying to please everybody.
9/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 85
Spend
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
In such a way that you have money left to give and invest.
9/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 103
It Happens
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
Love does not know where and when,
BINGO! In a throbbing , pulsating moment it just happens.
8/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 109
Before Love
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
It was I, I, I,.........
Me, me, Me.........
All the time.
Now, it is he, he , he.........
Him, him, only him.........
With every beat of the heart.
That is LOVE!
8/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 1.7k
Apples
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
An apple a day,
Keeps the doctor away.
For me an apple a day ,
Keeps my hunger away,
Says the beggar who lives down the street,
Big apples or small apples ,
Green apples or red apples,
All taste sweet,
When you have nothing to eat .
In that case said dad,
"So you shall be fed,
Apples on the tree big and round,
Apples on the ground,
Take your pick,
From my garden every week.
7/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 241
Be Yourself
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
Fall,
Break,
Fail,
That's not the end.
Rise,
Mend,
Heal,
Be yourself and move on
7/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 84
Memories
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
I will live my dreams myself,
But when I die I will leave  you a gift of sweet memories.
7/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 95
Tears
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
Pent up emotions
Flows through the soul
Cleanses heart
Reduces stress.
7/6/2019
Nov 2019 · 150
Friends
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
Count your age by friends not years.
7/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 101
The Old And The Child
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
at youngest pure at heart
at oldest  experienced
both with softest heart.
Nov 2019 · 333
Have Faith
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
Why do you complain?
If  God can feed the organisms  under the soil and deep in the ocean,
You have HIS spirit in your soul,
You will get what is meant for you.
Have Faith and Patience.
6/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 298
I Am Blessed
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
I am truly blessed at fifty I still have my parents,
I am blessed they stay with me,
I get their blessings  everyday.
I am blessed I have time to see to my parents' welfare,
To take them to the doctor myself,
As they took me when I was a child,
Take them for a picnic or long drive,
Then to the icecream parlour for their favourite  milkshake,
The same one where they used to take me.
I am  blessed  I get a chance to talk to them everyday,
And when I look in their eyes I see the purest love.
My parents are my responsibility not my wife's,
I never blame her if she is unable to help out.
I have understood my parents do not need material things,
They need me to hold their hands and show I care,
I am glad my children are learning true values.
When the time comes and I see the empty chair I know I was a good son,
And blessed by my Lord.
Amen
6/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 60
Story(8W)
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
Every house has a different never ending story.
6/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 107
True Charity
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
Give in such a way  that what you give with your right hand your left hand is unaware about it.
Plus when you give thank the person for taking it from you,
For that person is doing you a favour for accumulating your points in God's  presence.
5/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 124
Dear Children
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
You are my world,
I love you dearly,
All the lovely time we spent together are lovely moments.
When I die,
I know you will miss me.
Though I will depart from this world,
I will always be living in your memories.
5/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 117
Nani Poem
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
A fake smile
Hides deep pain
Shields profuse tears
Flawless public facade.
4/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 342
Life
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
Is for living,
It is your gift,
Don't waste it on making money,
Expectations,
Dependent  on others,
And what others think of you.
Envision you are on a rollercoaster,
Get into the front seat,
Throw your arms up in the air,
Breathe deep,
Let go,
Ride the ride of your life.
4/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 151
Trash
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
taking out the trash
is a tedious job except
for beauty next door.
2/11/2019
The beautiful girl next door also comes to bring out the trash.
Nov 2019 · 82
Future
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband,
A man never worries about the future,
Until after he gets a wife.
2/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 229
Cricket (haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
cricket is tempting
playing outside on the street
despite mum's dark glare.
2/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 662
Metaphors
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
My brother was a lion at home,
Protecting his family fiercely.
An eagle as a supervisor in the factory,
His eyes everywhere.
An ant, always busy never taking rest,
He was a cat and monkey,calm and agile,
He loved children,
He was a dove and a kitten with them,gentle and playful.
He loved swimming and was a fish in water,
He had won many national awards.
He was a fiddle but a wolf too,
Fit but always hungry,
He loved pizzas and anything that was barbecued.
He had his bad points too,
He was an eel, slippery,
Never committing  himself to anything,
He was also a mule, very obstinate .
And when he saw cockroaches,
He brought the house down,
Became a ghost, white sheet.
2/11/2019
Nov 2019 · 106
Beautiful (senyru)
Salmabanu Hatim Nov 2019
you are beautiful
your heart is more beautiful
that's why I love you.
1/11/2019
Oct 2019 · 103
Join Them
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2019
If you can't win them,
Join them and then beat them in their own game.
31/10/2019.
Oct 2019 · 123
Suicide
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2019
Your skin is not paper,
Don't cut it.
You don't spill ink on it,
You spill blood from it.
And if you die,
It is suicide,
And since it is not a natural death,
You roam the earth as a ghost until the time of your natural  death.
31/10/2019
Oct 2019 · 216
Happy Birthday Grandson
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2019
YOU
                     are the
                  Joy that grows
               each passing day
Elation that comes to a lucky few.
Your smiles and laughter bring them endless joys
                May your life be
                   as lively
                    as your
                       self.
30/10/2019
Tetrcyts poem :20 syllables and reversed
40 syllable 1/2/3/4/10/10/4/3/2/1.hope you enjoy
Oct 2019 · 129
Son's Love (senyru)
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2019
love you so much mum
I love you too my darling
dented your new car.
29/10/2019
Oct 2019 · 350
Kisses
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2019
He loved kissing,
Then say,"Just loving".
He kissed my fingers,
All clenched except the middle one.
He kissed my neck,
It was soon covered with rashes.
Next he kissed my cheeks,
An ugly dark red acne broke out.
That was the last straw!
I smeared sleeping aryuvidic herb on my lips,
He  kissed them,
He became senseless.
29/10/2019
Oct 2019 · 232
Gone Are The Days
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2019
When girls were shy and timid,
Prim and proper,
With a stiff upper lip,
Cook like their mother's,
Nowadays they drink like their fathers.
29/10/2019
Oct 2019 · 94
New Style(10W)
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2019
If a known barber makes a mistake with a haircut
27/10/2019
Oct 2019 · 96
Mission Impossible
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2019
my long bucket list
dreams written on white paper
death on the doorstep.
27/10/2019
Oct 2019 · 257
Ha Ha Ha
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2019
Lived with an extended family with only one bathroom,
That's how I learned to dance waiting for my turn.
26/10/2019
Oct 2019 · 67
Dad
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2019
Dad
Life is nothing but a journey of dreams,
When each ray of sunshine fills us with hope.
And as light filters through my window,
It floods me with precious childhood memories.
In poverty you gave us strength,
You never left us,
We shared what we had with joy.
The gentleness in your smile,
The determination in your eyes,
The warmth in your arms,
Lifted our spirits to soar beyond the universe.
Always, you were in front to cheer us on,
Behind us to have our back,
And next to us so we weren't alone,
A loving dad, a perfect teacher,
Who bathed us in love and compassion.
26/10/2019.
Oct 2019 · 167
Attracted
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2019
He was young and ugly,
He was loud and grumpy,
He had a toothless smile,
And was filthy.
But so many were attracted to him!......
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Flies and mosquitoes.
Oct 2019 · 90
Old Lady
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2019
Nearing life's final chapter,
Spent in anguish and banter.
Face wrinkled like a walnut,
Teeth lost to chocolates "Wholenuts."
Age advancing,
Death approaching,
Alarmed, pining.
Delicate,fragile,
Tired,spent,a forced smile,
Uninvited aches in joints,
Body with Vicks Vaporub and oils
anoints.
Thrusting self forward,
Gratitude,hands heavenward.
25/10/2019
Oct 2019 · 117
Happy Long Marriage
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2019
We are happily married for over forty years,
We are in love and together,
But not bonded,
Each of us has his own space,
To do his own thing.
24/10/2019
Oct 2019 · 119
What is love
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2019
Love is a reaction,
That makes you blind,
Lose your senses,
Give away your  heart.
24/10/2019
Oct 2019 · 124
Humility
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2019
Give with humility,
Cause the giver is God,
You are his Chosen Angel on earth.
24/10/2019
Oct 2019 · 111
Who's Your True Friend
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2019
I got hospitalised,
Then phoned my friends to come and settle the bill,
None came except one.
After some time I threw a party,
I invited all my friends,
Everybody came,
Some with flowers and some with chocolates,
The one who came to the hospital
came with lots of food and drinks.
23/10/2019
Oct 2019 · 194
Heal
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2019
The best way,
Talk it out,
Get every thing out of your chest.
23/10/2019
Oct 2019 · 89
Contentment
Salmabanu Hatim Oct 2019
I make do with what I have.
23/10/2019
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