(2014)
#Foolishness
I dreamt awake of a fate I knew n… One marked by God above. I know not what it may mean, Unspeakable deceit I have seen. I lie asleep in a fog,
I am a poet, a dreamer of men. I am an artist, a painter of sin. I am a singer of woes, Of life’s highs and lows. I am a believer in the mystical,
I am broken, I am bound, Yet I have hope to be found. I search for Grace, Let God pour His love upon my fac… I have been knocked down,
I am broken, I am bound. Put me back together, so I may be… O’ Lord, Please hear my plea. Please shine down all your love an… I’m sorry I’ve lost my way,
My brain is on fire, fire Because you are a liar, liar. You let me drown in the mire, Pleading to the choir. I stare higher, higher
Once upon a time, I gave you my heart. Once upon a time, You tore it apart. I bared my soul to you,
Sometimes I need to deafen myself… From the screaming... so loud. To take cover from the tornado of… And selfish choices. I walk outside looking in,
There once was a gypsy girl, With eyes marked by the sea. Fire burnt within her curl, As her heart cries out..."Free!” She danced to music no one heard,
When the pain in my heart has over… Lord please wipe away my tears so… When my burdens crush down upon th… Lord lift me up and set me apart. My Savior, My Shield, My Hope,…
It’s better this way... There are no words I need to say. I will say them to myself at night… As I look up at the moon’s crysta… It’s better this way,
I am the words I use to write, I am coffee at midnight. I am the wind that blows across th… I am starred by my mistakes. I am the songs I sing to the moon…
I have a hope that will be fulfill… I have a wound that will be healed… I have a faith that is sealed. I have the Grace of God to shield… For He is mighty in His way,
I am an endless well, My anxiety brings me hell. My tongue has a razor-edge, And my hopes live on a ledge. My compassion is cruel,
I swing on the branches of hope... That no matter what, the ground wi… It will not swallow me whole. It may obtain pieces of me never t… But it will not swallow the light…
When you left, The charcoaled night opened up And swallowed the last fiery slive… Then the darkness swallowed my pit… ~c.l.l./Fatima Amal (2016)