Amne ElAbdallah Poems

Roll of Thunder,
Hear my cry,
Hear my moan,
And hear my sigh.
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When things go wrong; as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
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It costs nothing, but creates much.


It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give.
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When I was a little girl…

I cried as you beat me
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Life can seem ungrateful, and not always kind.
Life can pull at your heartstrings, and play with your mind.
Life can be blissful, and happy and free.
Life can put beauty, in the things that you see.
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We live in a pathologically dissatisfied world. And I'm going to tell you why. Because we love to compare.

Go around the world and discover that people aren't happy with their bodies. Filipinos want to be fair-complexioned like Westerners, and so buy bleaching stuff. Westerners want to own bronzed bodies like ours, and so purchase tanning lotions.
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I never knew you had 2 faces,
I wish I was in so many other places.
Gosh, I can't believe I fell for you,
It's not just your fault, no it's mine too.
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Die Mutter ist die dich liebt und trostet.
Dich in den Arm nimmt und dir einem gut gemeinten Rat in's Ohr flustert.
Die Person, zu der du bestandig hinaufschaust und versucht nie aus dein Augen zu lassen.
Dein Idol.
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Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But, he with a chuckle replied
That 'maybe it couldn't' but he would be one
Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried.
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How do I move on when there is no place to go?
How do I cry when the tears just won't contiune to roll?
You hold my heart in the palm of your hand.
But yet you still leave me lying in the sand.
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