My book of poems-Al-haram elmasry news

 

Written by : Nahla Amer 

In a small cottage , far from here ..

Lived a girl ,too high walls all around , out of fear ..

A full moon night , the stars were bright ..

A book of poems , on the shelf , in a corner , too dim light ..

The girl approaching the shelf ,in a hesitant look..

She thought : I no longer want this book ..

Getting closer ,a voice murmured from the book:

Don’t do this ! Deep inside , between my lines , your soul is hidden ..

The girl thought for a while: Every struggle , all my tears , what I felt ,all I’d written!!!

The voice : I am all yours ..

Write me again..

The girl :Reading you hurts me ..

No more doubts. no more pain..

The voice from the book whispered : 

It’s your heart that wrote it down ,not your pen ..

Why leave me , you were a different person then!

Can’t you see , you’re now safe ..

Let’s go out of this place ..

The girl stepped back leaving the book  covered with dust ..

It had passed ,now too long  ,since she wrote with that lust ..

The voice came back from her book  : 

Now If you go and go you must

and No one there for you to trust ..

Read again what you wrote 

you shall feel what you fought ..

The girl stood still :I’ve changed..I ain’t this heart , I ain’t  this soul 

The book : It’s your goal , to reach it up , you first fall..

The girl : I chose this road ,though I know it was long ..

What was right , for me ,seemed wrong !

The book: what you lost was not yours , found yourself, that’s too strong ?

The girl :

Yes I do  ..

I know too ,

 how not to feel , 

on my face , it’s so clear !!

The book : At least you lived , failed or not , you made it dear .

The girl : I can’t take you , leave me alone ..

can’t go back to this zone..

The book : stay with me or tear me apart ..

It won’t matter ..

I’m in you , 

Every word ,in-your heart ..

may one day it shall heal all its shatter!!!