Kol Haneshama Tehallel ya halleluya webarchu shem kebodecha Umromam al col Beracha uthelia When it’s all been Said and done When I’ve pursued Every possible avenue To the end of each road And you are still So far away from me From this All that is left is breath And prayer ©2018 by Loolwa Khazzoom. [...]
Sadness and anger These things we call Negative emotions Are expressions of love For what could have been Should have been For what’s right and decent For the completion That never happened ©2018 by Loolwa Khazzoom. All rights reserved. No portion of this article may be copied without author’s permission.
You throw bombs at me Then scream and cry about The impact of the explosion And I A kind and gentle soul Care Despite your actions Putting my life your mother’s life On the line In danger Were it not for my Herculean strength Which you detest Because it keeps me Out of your control [...]
You are intimately involved in our lives Without knowing who we are Except what you see Not only through Your own filter But in a tiny sliver Of time and context You experience surface interactions And presume They are indications Of what went before When even if you knew anyone back then You did not [...]
Verbage Verbal garbage I grew up in a home Were it was the norm Entrapping ensnaring It took decades To untangle discern And to remove myself from its Devastating damage Which you call “not abuse” Thinking that what you see Is what is Your ignorance Is amplified by your arrogance And you are invasive ©2018 [...]
It’s not just an opinion or point of view It’s about what’s true And things get so twisted When you don’t clear out The clutter of your brain The way I do ©2018 by Loolwa Khazzoom. All rights reserved. No portion of this article may be copied without author’s permission.
You vilify me For my competency For stepping up Taking charge While you slack off Despite people’s lives being on the line Your quiet passive evil Is invisible To the outside observer And you seem like the victim Which engenders A chorus of accusation Against me As I sacrifice Whatever is necessary To do the [...]
Are you willing To embark on the odyssey Filled with uncertainty At the outset With no guarantee Of the outcome Are you willing to risk everything You know And leave behind everyone You love To scale the rocky path of Truth Even risking your sanity Along the way Feeling utterly lost As you lose sight [...]
I love fiercely I laugh loudly You call it noise Disruption But your silence Is cold Poison Withholding Protecting feeding hardening your anger Which has turned into violent hatred Through your refusal to act To do what is possible To do what is right Brandishing about the word “can’t” When really it’s “won’t” ©2018 by [...]
I gotta write again I gotta fight again Stand up amidst These crumbled ruins Set things straight again Hand the pen to my soul Disclose events in full I gotta tell it like it is And take my space again No more hiding out Succumbed to fear and doubt I gotta open up my heart [...]
