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like a marble statue
in the art museum for
all to fawn over it. It does not
dawn on man that it can

not walk or even stand. It
sits encased by rope. Man cannot
touch the chiseled face. He moves on
like the black ink night. A silhouette

in the morning light streaks
her honey hair through his
bedroom window. Silence sits
low as the floorboards that creak

underneath the old man's
feet.  It squeaks like the mice
inside his walls. He does
not see them but hears them crawl.
 Jul 17 Aslam M
lisagrace
The girl writes with practiced diligence
"Maybe if I explain it better...?"
"Will he listen this time?"
Another note slides under the door
Silence
A quiet poem about trying to be heard.
Repetition, hope, and silence—the things we send under closed doors.
If you ever fall down,

think of yourself

as a waterfall.
How much of knowing does it take
To show, that one knows
I have been tutored for so long
How long will I take to learn
Weren’t they good enough
The lessons that we learned
That weren’t taught
How long does it take
For one to know
That what we have learned
Is good enough
For a lifetime
Or does it really take a lifetime
17/02/2025, nothing new to share !!
Life is a dance and I love it enough :))
Sleep has left my weary eyes,
Like a soul that softly cries,
Searching for a land so far,
Past the seas, beyond the star.



I think of where I used to play,
Long for its soil every day,
For people’s smiles I used to know,
But my homeland feels so far to go.


The sun and moon will find their way,
To meet at dawn, then fade away,
But I can only touch that land,
In dreams that slip like grains of sand.
I miss my homeland
Sitting on my bed, drowning in my mind,
Thoughts run deep like oceans, wider than the skies behind.
I think about the things that broke me, the ones that made me bleed,
The battles fought inside my chest, the silent, aching need.

I think about the universe, the storms that shaped my way,
The moments that have built this me, who I am today.
I think of fate and wisdom, the lessons carved in pain,
The meaning hiding quietly behind each drop of rain.

I’m drowning in my little world, my chaos, loud and near,
The voices in my head now roar, louder than a lion’s fear.
I think, and think, and think again, with nowhere else to hide,
No ending point, no final stop, just oceans deep inside.
Just a girl who loves writing and expressing emotions through poetry. I originally wrote this poem in Arabic, then thought to myself, 'Maybe I could make it in English.' I have the original copy in Arabic if anyone is interested.
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