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Apr 28 · 124
Me to more
I was one,
Alone and no fun,
Then I met him,
Man of my dream.
Soon in the Church we said "I do",
And became two,.
Married life was a blessing,
But something was missing,
So we became three,
Ñow it was not him and me,,
But we wanted more,
So we became four,
Then five, six,
I told him no more heroics,
Enough us two and four kids,
Let's put on the lid.
29/4/2025
Apr 26 · 232
Am I?
I stool in front of the mirror
Looked at myself for long,
Whilst two pair of eyes sat on the bed and looked at me lovingly,
I turned this way and that way,
Am I beautiful I mumbled,
Are my eyes big,
Are my lips thin,
Have I a captivating smile,,
I looked at my physique,
Seems okay.
Then I felt two pairs of arms around my waist,
Mum we love you,
You are you,
Unique,
You are beautiful from deep within.
That is your worth.
26/4/2025
Apr 22 · 78
In old age
If you want to keep your self respect and dignity,
Do not reminisce too much of old memories,
People tend to get bored.
Maintain cleanliness,
Don't be sloppy.
Do not be stubborn,
Try to give in and adjust.
Do not complain often about your pains and discomforts,
People around you will get fed up.
Be open to new trends, thoughts and technology,
It will strengthen your bond with new generations.
Let us visit grandma and grandpa,
They are funny and weird,
We enjoy their company.
22/4/2025
Apr 22 · 105
I rented negativeness
A space in my head and heart ,
It made me frustrated,
And stressed---a gap between expectations and reality,
I told it to vacate immediately,
ASAP.
22/4/2025
Apr 20 · 64
Friends
Are like shoes,
If old friends,
They fit you perfectly and are always comfortable ,
If new and they hurt,
They are not your size.
20/4/2025
Apr 20 · 110
At the end
Of the day,
It doesn't matter how much money you made,
It only matters that you had a good day,
And you are very happy.
20/4/2025
Apr 20 · 77
Hate
H...human

A...animosity

T...tatters

E...emotions

20/4/2025
Apr 18 · 138
Nothing
Is by chance or accident,
He was sent by Allah,
To rekindle your broken heart.
18/4/2025
Apr 18 · 74
Make Now
Your hot cup of coffee,
You relish and enjoy,
Every sip.
18/4/2025
Apr 17 · 147
Life's like that
As I walked along the pavement,
I saw them,
The couple in the lambourgini sat apart,
The man frowning and angry,
The wife crying
The couple on a bicycle were laughing and talking,
I realised you don't need much to be happy.
17/4/2025.
Apr 16 · 181
The tone
You use is far better than the speech,
Use it gently and softly.
16/4/2025
Apr 14 · 65
A proud moment
Proud to say,
Alles,alles,
My grandson
Finished the Paris Marathon,
Of  42.195 kilometres with flat and inclined terrain,
Clear sky and no rain,
In just 3hours 57 minutes,
Under six hours the time limit.
He may not be Husain Bolt or Biwot,
But the will he got,
I feel honoured.
14/4/2025
Apr 13 · 92
Their Love
Was moonlight,
Glowing,
Magical,
Holding them close like the night,
Their eyes reflecting the twinkle of their love,
From the depths of their tender soul.
13/4/2025
Apr 12 · 83
I have
Become thick skinned,
Resilience,
I refuse to get hurt or feel bad..
Our Spritual leader wishes us to forgive people under any circumstances ,
Instead of holding grudges.
The best way is not to care,
And not go through the hassle of forgiveness.
Why bleed tears and break my heart,
When I can heal my soul.
12/4/2025
Apr 10 · 155
I wrote
On the door of my heart,
Love is not allowed inside,
Love smiled and said,
"Sorry I am blind."
10/4/2025
Apr 10 · 124
Life
A full circle,
Birth
Death,
RIP.
10/4/2025
Apr 8 · 186
Water is life
When you open a tap,
And you get water,
You take it for granted.
But if you have to carry your own water,
Say from the river to your village,
You learn to value every drop of it.
Water is precious like your jewels.
8/4/2025
Apr 7 · 94
My dearest family
When I depart from this world,
Don't mourn me,
Don't miss me,
Learn to love the way I have you in many ways,
Learn to remember the sweet moments we had together,
And mostly Learn to hold on to family ties.
7/4/2025
Apr 5 · 100
Alzheimer's
They asked him his name,
He didn't  know.
5/4/2025
Apr 4 · 219
The Lamp
Of your body are your eyes,
They shine bright and dim
As you go through different emotions and feelings.
4/4/2025
Apr 3 · 318
Not Young
My colleagues and family expect me to act young,
My mind is okay with it
But my body refuses,
It says,"Act your age."
3/4/2025
Mar 31 · 363
True Love
Is not easy,
You have to give in to your will.
41/3/2025
Mar 31 · 65
A home
Without a mother,
Is a house without a roof.
31/3/2025
Mar 30 · 798
Eid Celebrations
No-one in our community celebrates Eid alone,
We gather in masjid for Eid prayers,
After majlis we greet each other
HAPPY EID MUBRAK
Then we have a hearty  breakfast in a sitting of eight people around a big steel plate(thal),
With variety of dishes and hot piping tea,
We start with vermicelli sevkhurmo,
A must for Eid ul fitr,
The rich and the poor celebrate as one.  
This Eid I decided to give a personal touch,
I didn't send posts of Eid Mubarak,
Instead when I received Eid Mubarak posts,
I replied with emojis and love and thank you stickers,
Adding wishes like:
You are in my prayers,
Thank you for sharing your happiness with me,
You mean a lot to me.
30/3/2025
Mar 29 · 97
Somebody asked me
If I was afraid of death,
Between birth and death there is life,
Death is inevitable,
It will come any second,
So why fear something which is surely to come,
Just focus on life,
The precious Gift you have.
30/3//2025
Mar 28 · 72
Our basic needs
Should be,
Mother,
Father,
And a home.
28/3/2025
Mar 25 · 70
Me
Me
Sometimes I am good,
Sometimes I can be bad,
I enjoy life ,
I enjoy being driven in fast cars,
I can still put my leg in my underwear,
Whilst standing,
And not lose my balance,
Also I don't exercise  a lot,
But I do lots of accupressure points and tapping,
To service my internal organs.
I enjoy making money,
But I feel sad when it leaves me,
Somehow my fist closes tightly over it.
My daughter says,"It's like taking blood out of a stone,
It doesn't mean I am a miser,
May be its a phobia what would I do if I didn't  have any or,
It's just that I am one for financial discipline
I would give my children just enough pocket money,
So they would know its value.
25/3/2025
Mar 25 · 287
Too Nice
The problem with my son,
Is that he is very nice,
Soft spoken and kind,
He never tells us when he is hurt,
He waits for us to realise the mistake,
And that makes us more guilty.
25/3/2025
Mar 25 · 53
Tea
Tea
A hot *** of tea,
Is poetry in itself,
With sentiments oozing out from its spout
.25/3/2025
Mar 24 · 104
Lazy
popcorn and t.v
and tubs of yummy icecream
a potato couch.
24/3/2025
Mar 24 · 72
In Space
Sunita Williams
stranded in space for nine months
reading Quran soothed.
24/3/2025
Mar 23 · 111
Felt Wanted
Last Eid I became very sick,
And was admitted in ICU,
My son and daughter-in-law were there for me hands on,
After my release my son took me to their home,
And  as I got better I offered to help around the house,
My daughter-in-law just smiled and said,
For now for us is most important is you
BREATHE and relax,
You really scared us.
23/3/2025.
Mar 22 · 91
Hope
a glimpse of sunshine,
that prevails power
from darkness to light.
22/3/2025
Mar 22 · 282
Ethereal
Exltremely
Tender
His
Exquisite
Romance
Evolved
About
Loving
22/3/2035
Mar 22 · 87
Life's like that
My Brown had a red lump on his forhead,
Boy: Mr Brown are you hurt,
Mr. Brown: Yes I am dear
Boy: What happened?
Mr. Brown: Do you see that pole?
Boy: Yes,I do,
Mr.Brown: Do you see that nail on the pole?
Bot: Yes, I do
Mr. Brown: Well, son I didn't.
22/3/2025
Mar 22 · 86
When anger
Takes over the mind,
It becomes blind,
And even the eyes go blank,
And cannot see the reality..
22/3/2025
Mar 19 · 102
Say nothing
when I zipped my tongue
inner me began to heal
wisdom took over.
19/3/2025
Mar 19 · 201
My heart
your smile beckons spring
a new beginning for us
love hums in the air.
19/3/2025
Mar 18 · 98
I am
Getting older and older,
Moving beyond seventies,
And I like it,
I feel lucky,
Not many have the opportunity.
19/3/2025
Mar 18 · 137
Mum had
All the answers,
I asked for a new pen,
If you lose this one
You will write with your finger.
Once I asked mum,
Let's have dinner somewhere out,
She put my plate out on the doorstep,
Enjoy your dinner.
I was in a negative mood that day,
Refused to eat rice and curry,
Demanded pizza,,
Good you are going to share your food,
The birds are hungry,
They will enjoy your meal,
And your dad can have the extra portion of your curry,
I am proud of you.
If dad had to punish or ground us,
Silently she made sure he had done the needful,
Or he was grounded from entering their bedroom.
Mum was a woman of few words and lots of action.
19/3/2025
Mar 17 · 186
In certain situations
And with certain people,
Giving no response,
Holding your silence,
Will prove more powerful.
17/3/2025
Mar 17 · 208
Serenity
After every regular salah,
I prostrate and supplicate other duas(prayers),
I find peace in HIS presence.
17/3/2025
Mar 12 · 79
I took my poem
To lunch with my pretty girlfriend,
It was bowled over by her,
Immediately it started to flirt with her,
Flickering it's metaphors coyishly at her ,
Referring to her as a rose bud in blossom .
She blushed shyly as the corner of her mouth broke into a delicious smile,
Before I had a chance,
It read my poetry I had wriiten for her,
Adding  sweet nothings to it,
It was as if Emily Dickison was reciting poetry,
As it finished the last verse,
She clutched it in her hands,
Tears of joy in her moist eyes,
Then she turned to me and softly asked,
"Can I take it home with me,"
Leaving me no choice but to nod,
My poetry had beaten me in the game of love.
12/3/2025
Mar 11 · 154
Grandson
To grandfather,
In your days you had no T.V,
WhatsApp,
Snapchat
Twitter
Facebook,
X
Instagram,
Youtube
Mobiles and
Computers,
What did you in your free time.
Grandfather answered,
We had plenty of time for each other,
We bonded,
We built relationships,
And we retired  to our rooms early,
We made big families.
11/3/2025
My grandparents had twenty one sons
Mar 11 · 103
Patience
I learned and practised patience with zeal,
It gave me
Relief,
Praise
Peace,
Showed me its true worth.
11/3/2035
Mar 10 · 81
Cuppa tea
When the kettle on the stove,
Saw the dainty cup ,
Graced with beauty and elegance,
It whistled and called out,"Hey! You  punk,
Come quickly,
Take me to her ,
So I can fill her with my hot love,
Before that  ugly coffee *** beats me to it.
10/3/2025
Mar 9 · 102
When I die
Death comes to us eventually,
I live alone,
But I am afraid to die alone.
I strive to be a good person,
I pray everyday to Allah,
To give me an honorable death,
With dignity,
And at the time of my last breath I am amongst my family and friends.
Mar 9 · 111
Ex Lover
old torn love letter
found in my bottom drawer
aah he rests in peace.
10/3/2025
Mar 9 · 104
Feeling funny sad
I was sad,
I was going to have my one decayed tooth removed,
It was a front tooth,
How would I look before I had another planted,
But just then the sad feeling turned funny sad,
Grandma came into the room,,
Took out her dentures and put them on the table,
She gave me an endearing toothless smile
I hugged her tightly,
Here I was being sad losing one,
And there she was happy without any
10/3/2025
Mar 8 · 213
Dad
Dad
In the delivery room,
He took me in his arms
I felt the crisp Bank bills in his shirt pocket,
jingle of coins in his pant pocket
I knew it,
This man was my ATM card.
I snuggled close to him
Gave him a huge smile.
8/3/2025
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