(2014)
#Foolishness
She smokes her cigarette at noon, Her hopes tied to a freed balloon. She thinks of what she has that is… And if it was worth the cost. But she rages on...
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)
It was a pull I felt that led me… A waking dream I would have when… I never imagined life would become… Or experience all that I feel. I see now when it did all begin,
I am but a girl, Afraid of the world. I wear my heart, On my sleeve torn apart. I run with the wind,
As the sun rises to meet the day, As the butterflies come out to pla… The world opens her eyes. As another night dies, I roll out of bed,
I sing a sad story, Of loss and of glory. I’ve been but a sparrow all my lif… Encumbered by great strife. I’ve had dreams come true,
My heart has lost her will to sing… As she feels the bite of love’s st… I miss your face, And your voice that drips black la… I’ve lost the will to write,
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…
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,
Her eyes burned open and numb, Her compassion un-waivered and dum… Losing her mind into the sun, Her colors run undone. She’s lost herself again in the tr…
Where have they gone, Flown away in a song. Have they blown away to the sea, Some place my heart longs to be. I used to hold them so dear,
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 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,
When I sit down to spill out some… My heart flies as free as the bird… When I sit down and pour out my s… I fill the parts of me that are un… When I sit down and think of your…