The Little Gypsy Girl 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, 3 3
Oh Lord, 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, 2 1
Fallen Woman “Nini” My pen moves to spit out the poiso Your empty thoughtless days. Lips as dark as your heart, A soul torn apart. A mind writhing in pain, 3 1
Since You’ve Left Since you’ve left me all alone, I have no sun to light my world. No warmth with which to seek comfo No lamp to guide my path. You’ve taken all the stars with yo 1 3
Butterflies 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, 2 2
When I Sit Down 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 8 5
Soul Mate 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, 1
Girl Colored Red I know a girl colored red, Fire woven throughout her head. Rage built from sadness, Loneliness leads to madness. She treads softly still, 1
Save Me Fast!! 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, 2 1
Biting You hear their words so strong wit And you struggle to see my light. As lies fall out upon their lips, The walls of my heart slowly rips. But I’ll bite my tongue and walk
He Is With Me 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, 1 1
Pink Cotton Clouds You walk around on pink cotton clo Cleverly hiding under multiple shr A darkness lies in your heart, Riddles and rhymes that can tear o A kindness mocks from your lips, 1 2
I Sing A Story 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, 1 1
Foolish Eyes These foolish eyes cry, This foolish heart may die. My dreams are but lies, Of long lost ties. Foolishness fills the space inside 2 1
You And Me Once upon a time, I gave you my heart. Once upon a time, You tore it apart. I bared my soul to you, 1 2
Beautiful Words Well she found that sweet spot, Where her heart can pick the knot. Words found a path back into her h They were pleased to submit to her Her view of her dreams is still co 1 2
My Heart The sun cracks open the night, With her rays of light, Like a lightning bolt shot across As my heart begins to cry. The wind breathes softly through 1 1
Liar, Liar 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 1 1
Drowning Out The World Let me drown out the world for a b That I might extinguish the fire Let me tear down these walls from So that I may dissolve the weight I scorched them all up with the fl 4 4
Awakened I was living a lucid dream, I was coming apart at the seams. I did what I could to control cha Yet life was set to re-arrange. I held fast to the world I knew, 2 5
Dear Diary I want to go somewhere... I want to fly away. Oh God, how I want to fly away fo I want to go to a place where my s Where my soul dances like leaves i 1
Outside The Box 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,
Transparent A ghost, You walk through my walls. Thinking yourself cleverly safe in But have you forgotten That your only begotten.....
Danced With A Hawk I danced with a hawk today, She showed me how to find my way. She led me to my heart locked tigh She made me blind to give me sight I walked with her, heard her call 6 5
Nothing, Everything He saw everything, He saw nothing, Because he shut that door to his e He never looked back. He watched her pack. 1
She Rages On 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... 2
Keeper Of Fear 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 2 1
The Branches Of Love 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 3 2
Broken, Bound 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, 6 5
Waiting Something beautiful in the air, As out the window I stare. A crooked beauty in the trees, A whistling briskness in the breez Hanging instruments dance a broken 3 1
Deep Inside 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, 6 4
As I Soar Away The sky opened up to darkness, A black opaque starkness. Devouring all the light, As I lost my sight. As I soar away, 7 9
It’s Better This Way 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, 2 1
Where Have They Gone 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, 1
What Can I Do... What can I do... To get away from you? Where can I hide From my heart’s pride? She wants what she wants... 2
The Night 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) 3 1