Ray Hatim

Ray Hatim Apr 5

Descent

A drop of wetness
Kisses the rose petal,
The tension of liquid
Forming the globulous shape

As it swims across to the edge,
The crimson blanket lifts-
A sphere of perfect clarity
Up into the air

Soon followed others
Just like shiny diamonds,
Dancing across, and through
The red scented allure

Only when it reaches
The brown muddy earth
Does the soil know
Of the sorrowful salt

Ray Hatim Feb 5

Black ink

I try to write, to express
My happiness, my pain
All those feelings, unexplained

Yet as the pen touches the paper-
No words are scribbled,
No sentences framed

Only etches of mistakes,
loops of black ink
Of caged feelings that never escaped

Ray Hatim Jan 20

Bottled memories

Countless hours,
Infinite moments,
The time encapsulated
In bottles of memories

Stored in a shelf,
Right by the door,
To remember the life
Close to my heart

But you had to shake,
The earth that I stand,
Breaking precious bottles-
Wrecking my mind

Ray Hatim Jan 12

Date with death

Drown your heart
In sea of salt,
Then ice it till
Its freezing cold

Wear a necklace
of your grief,
Strangling hard till
You can't speak

Drain your eyes
In a sack of rice,
Don't let moisture
Escape its cries

Fill your stomach
With emptiness,
An appetite
Of nothingness

Keep it up
You're almost there,
Your date with death
Is oh so near

Ray Hatim Jan 6

Among us

Among the sand
I lay, for me
Amongst the stars
I search, for you

ඞ

Ray Hatim Jan 6

Haiku

Roses, beautiful
But with thorns as sharp to break-
your warm little heart

Ray Hatim Jan 6

Forever kiss

She spoke to me without words,
about secrets of the moon's grace

She shined like sun glitter in my eyes
stealing it from others' gaze

She whispers to my heart, telling it to race
warm rivers rushing through my numb hands

Those scarlet lips I pray to be shared
once, forever, with my own