How can it be that silence can speak a thousand words, and a thousand words can mean nothing at all?
Author: Anisah Hamid
Holy Adoration
Original PoetryCrucify me with your poisoned lust
and the inability of your love
to remain silent.
Third Degree
Original PoetryThere is a scar just under my ribcage from where you last touched me.
It was a gentle caress, a stroke of skin on skin,
but it now burns like a flicker of flame.
Charred.
Yet, ash of your short-lived undying love
falls to the ground
As gravity works its compelling lull.
Poetic Manifestations
Original WritingI adore you for the poem that you are.
Keeping Them Under
Original PoetryDon’t hold someone underwater
only to beg them not to drown.
Define: Innocence
Original WritingInnocence is seeing everything for what it is, not what it’s supposed to be.
Sweet Luxuries
Original PoetryYour name tastes
absolutely exquisite
in my mouth.
11.30pm
Original PoetryThere’s a raging storm outside now.
It’s half-past eleven and I can’t help but think
that once upon a time you were that storm.
You raged and destroyed until you left behind
pieces of broken glass and shattered hearts with torn skin.
I survived that storm, to find a harrowing, beautiful sunset
hours after the devastation.
I am that sunset
after the storm.
The Power Of Reading
Original WritingI’m always inspired by characters in books.
As a child growing up, I was inspired by Atticus Finch for his dedication to morality, and his refusal to deviate away from it.
Then, as a teenager, I was inspired by Katniss Everdeen, for being the epitome of strength I admired to hold within myself.
Soon after, I was inspired by Jay Gatsby, to chase after the one you love no matter how long and strenuous the journey might be. To relentlessly devote yourself to someone, and forgive all their imperfections.
I am a strong believer in the fact that books have the ability to change you, but only if you let it.
Blossoming
Original PoetryI filled the void in my heart with flowers
and others could only stand and watch
as my soul blossomed.
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