Hide And Seek(My First Poem In English) Poem by nadia abduljabbar

Let’s stop playing hide and seek,
It is so dumb,
let’s stop pretending,
I am beginning to feel numb,
You are not a cat,
Nor am I a rat,
The infection has been caught,
Why shouldn’t we be meek,
You are not good at hiding,
Neither I am perfect at waiting
No word is needed,
Sympathy is all what we need,
Please do not ask me,
Why I could not sleep,
The reason is not in me,
It is your glow,
You want to press
The word out of me,
You know I know
You enjoy embarrassing me,
Please, stop playing this game with me,
Your words are just too much for me to hear,
They wake me up from a nice dream,
Affection is what we feel,
And attachment is what we seek,
But you know it is hard to speak.
……
You first eye... I did not understand,
Your second... I did not feel,
Your third one... I ignored,
For it made me doubt,
You have a particular feeling for me,
I looked in your eyes,
Trying to understand,
Trying just to know,
Hell.. that look made my heart fall,
My heart fell from its ivory tower,
A conflict started within me,
Guilt is weighing heavily on me,
For fear of pain,
From doing what’s forbidden
I looked again... a lightning
Made me loose control,
The infection has been caught,
I felt trapped in that
Spell once more.
……
I realized it is difficult to say no,
For it is nice to see one’s heart
Slipping in that form,
Emotion give eve a glow,
You know you are the only one
Who could force me to fall,
Well, I’ve fallen before,
But not this kind of fall,
I am drowning in your
Golden gleam,
But do not want
To be saved from thee.


Venice, Summer,1989