“I am made and remade
continually.
Different people draw
different words
from me.”
The Waves
artist
– Charles Bukowski
Literature“I want to be with you,
it is as simple,
and as complicated as that.”
– Anna Akhmatova
Literature“It is unbearably painful for the soul to love silently.”
The Complete Poems
– Anonymous
Quotes“Sometimes it’s not the person who changes, it’s the mask that falls off.”
– Nikita Gill
Poetry“How do you love someone who is broken?
Gently, lay your hands on their soul like a whisper, find those places that are broken. And then love them till the places become cracks and the cracks become thin white scars that they only just barely remember.”
– C.S. Lewis
Quotes“You don’t have a soul.
You are a soul.
You have a body.”
– Anonymous
Quotes“Airports see more
Sincere kisses than
Wedding halls.The walls of hospitals
Have heard more
Prayers than
The walls of churches.”
– Morgan Matson
Quotes“A thousand moments that I had just taken for granted – mostly because I had assumed that there would be a thousand more.”
Second Chance Summer
Perspective
Current AffairsIt’s all a matter of perspective.
We cry about failed relationships and write poetry about bloodstains on our bathroom floors.
But what the blood splatter from that young child in Gaza, who was gunned down in a playground for being Palestinian? ‘Collateral damage’, they murmur with shifting gazes.
And let’s not forget the innocent men and women slaughtered by police for the colour of their skin.
Or the journalists who were decapitated for simply doing their job in informing and protecting the world, once camera reel at a time.
Have some perspective.
Let’s forgive those who’ve wronged us, and fight the institutions that oppress and condemn us, instead of each other.
For Mustafa
Original PoetryI’ll sit in the graveyard,
And plant flowers by your stone.
The tears won’t stop, no matter how strong I thought I could be.
I loved you like you were blood, I didn’t know any different until I was older
And even then,
I didn’t feel any different.
You were made of the same blood
As us
And I felt something in me
When you died that day.
I felt my heart crash against a lamp-post
And not even the airbags could save me.
I cried for days, weeks, months.
It’s been a year or so since you died
And I’m counting down the days
Until your next anniversary,
So we can all sit and remember how
Incredible you were.
A man of so many achievements
And accomplishments;
A best friend, loving and loyal.
A father, protective and affectionate.
An uncle, doting and wonderful in every way.
I pray that God will protect you,
His brave angel now.
Your strength and power,
Determination and fighter’s spirit
Will live on in our hearts
Until we meet again.
May God rest your soul
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