Samah Khan Poems

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
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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.
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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
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I:
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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
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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
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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
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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) .
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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
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