Samah Khan

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Fear is not what I am afraid of.
True, it is a frightful thing to fear;
But the fear of fearing fear is overwhelming
Especially when its form becomes sheer
...

I have forsaken both rest and peace,
The silence of the forest reverberates inside my head,
And at night my bed is a hollow grave of leaves.
...

I wish I were beautiful
So I’d know what to do
For in this world of fame and glitter
Only the beautiful come through
...

I once had dared to hope
For things I now abhor
I had once impudently nursed the hope
Where I had never dared to hope before
...

I watched you from a distance-a maiden lost at sea-
(Hardly fair or bewitching to one as amply endowed as thee)
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Death is such sweet sorrow
Rotten tears we beget, wet eyes speak while lips wail
Loud neighbours feign solicitous interest
Asking about the how's, the when's and the where's
...

I loved you like the crashing waves love the turbulent gale
I loved you like the seagulls loved the soft sea’s lore
I loved you like the mountains love the rippling vale
I loved you like a drowning man loves the nearby shore
...

Come, lay by me and find my hands
In the dark between the warm bedding-
The window is dark, the shades dimly aglow
The sun is at ascent (or it might be setting) .
...

There is pain in your beauty
And it hurts me to look at you
My own self-esteem faltering in the throes of such perfection,
God-made, I cannot create it
...

I.

How shall I speak to you today?
Shall I speak with words of love upon my trembling lips?
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I am not afraid of dying,
But ' twould be no falsehood to say I am afraid of death;
This is my life, this is the irony, the satire-
I can be nude and plain in the concluding embrace of death,
...

I watch you rise from the place you rest,
Your eyes the whitest shade of pale-
Your pasty skin and stale coffin breath,
Your movements reluctant, your limbs so frail.
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I cannot define you-
You are indefinable
You're the epitome of God's finesse
You are undeniable
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(My trials have wrought me by iron mail
I cannot escape, struggle, though I may,
I am pulled to the ground, neck-deep in sand,
Do I have my fate in my palm? I wouldn’t know,
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The price we must all pay for beauty
Is countered by the free distribution of ugliness-
There is no sky left untouched
And no ground left unscarred
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Now the voices say ‘rest child’,
They reverberate through my soul, whirring like old machines,
Bickering like aged aunts; And I want to listen,
I am tired and my bones have grown past my age-
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C an I be helped if I fall too often
A nd scab a knee or break a limb?
T rust me to make myself an early coffin
A s my predicament seems quite grim
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H e embodies all that I wish embodied
A nd stays true to his word, as few men do
N ot once do I consider him party to the lot
D oes his love for pride and honour not shine through?
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If you strike me
I shall not feel the sting
For the sting has possibly been there all along
Like an aggravating itch that no one scratched away.
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The Best Poem Of Samah Khan

The Fear Of Fear

Fear is not what I am afraid of.
True, it is a frightful thing to fear;
But the fear of fearing fear is overwhelming
Especially when its form becomes sheer

Fear is like losing a tree of shade on a bristling day
Or losing your breath when you fall below the sea;
I fear this fear of fearing these fears
And it is this fear that is part and parcel of me.

Fear is like loving without being loved back,
Fear is like leaving without being left;
And the fear of loving and leaving and being loved and being left
Is opposed by the fear of not fearing anything
And being an empty vase, noisy and bereft

I fear not death nor do I fear life,
But I fear the fear of both as my peers;
If I could release one fear from my fears
It would be the fear of fearing these fears.

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A Highschool Student at MRHS 20 February 2020

Yes please. Like I have to research this for a project please tell me about them.

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