It’s the Little Things
Take a load off and come read the sweet poetry of Walid Abdallah! Get swept up in the romance and let it fill your heart with elation!
A lover is needed
A lover is needed for an everlasting love relation
A true lover that meets my expectation
A lover with true emotional qualification
A lover to accompany my heart in its destination
A lover never knows how to betray
A word of separation they never say
A lover that always be there in time of need
A lover that always waters the love seed
A lover that always stays near and shows care
A true lover that always shows love anytime and everywhere
A true lover should be a permanent and eternal friend
Whether near or far only true feelings they send
A lover that should know how I feel before speaking
A lover that never believes in heart breaking
A lover that must dive deep into the bottom of my heart
A lover that never says bye or knows how to depart
In hard times they never change or leave
But in me they always believe
They should always show me love and respect
And give me true heart feelings more than I expect
They should always be around all the time
And never leave me even for some time
They should stand unbearable man
And show love and endurance as possible as they can
Whoever finds in themselves these qualifications
They have just won my eternal love and great expectations
Ask Me
Ask me whatever you want, my dear
My heart will answer truly I swear
Ask me why God created the earth
Only to receive your happy birth
Ask me why God created the sun
Only to help you spread warmth, light and fun
Ask me why God created the moon in the sky its place
Only to lighten the universe sharing your face
Ask me why God created the stars so bright
Only to be like your teeth when it is night
Ask me why God created me
Only to fall in your love as forever will be
Ask me why I love you
Only for the life into my veins you flow
Finding you
Finding you is getting my life again
Forgetting my sufferings and pain
You put me on the right way
After being lost, being astray
Now I love life for your sake
Forgetting all what is false or fake
You are the one I ever searched for
Because of you, I tasted the love I never knew before
Forever Young
My heart is forever young
A divine hymn to be sung
I love everyone and always forgive
As twice as I take, I always give
I try to be nice as possible as I can
Of peace and love I am a great fan
Life is short to waste in hate
Let tolerance be our only fate
Love people and nature around
Only the base of justice we must found
Leave good mark on each heart you meet
Let your nice memory your main good feat
Whenever you go spread love and affection
Be much nicer than people’s prediction
Treat everyone equally be always fair
Show everyone your respect and care
Being respectful is something you never regret
You will be rewarded more than you expect
We are on earth to make it a paradise
Listen to me and follow my advice
Dream big and complain less
Sadness never lasts and neither does happiness
Think positively and always be optimistic
You can’t change your fate by being pessimistic
Let live, love and learn your goal
Carve them deep in your soul
The heart that doesn’t know envy lives longer
It has better destiny and grows stronger
My heart is forever young
A divine hymn to be sung
.Forget….? Not Yet
I was a little kid one day
I knew nothing but how to play
Once we had a big house and a tree
Every day I used to see
I was playing with other boys
Around the tree with different toys
I always had a dream in my head
To grow up, be bigger than a kid
I always had a wish
Never to know grief or anguish
Did I forget…..?
Never….not yet.
One day I had black hair
Satisfied with my parent’s care
I knew nowhere but my parents’ embrace
I knew that is our house and our place
I still remember my white kite
Flying over our house before my sight
Going to school with friends of my age
Once I was young … a little page
Once we had a full life of our own
Once we had our sun and moon
Did I forget…..?
Never ……not yet.
Suddenly I grew up a thousand years
With cries, grief and tears
It was the first time to hear about Zionist occupiers
Of our own life, they are deifiers
Everything turned upside down one day
My black hair turned into grey
They destroyed our house and tree
Heard lots of desperate cries…Alas, it was me!
And showed up one Zionist
And said to me “Get out, terrorist”
Did I forget…….?
Never….,not yet.
My own parents, they brutally slew
Our house and tree, they fiercely up blew
I had no ability even to weep
As terror into my heart began to creep
Our own life, they have stolen
Our house and tree have fallen
Zionists shouted, “We came to take your land”
Your sky, desert and sand
They said, “Of our own land-get out
With guns’ and tanks’ shouts
Did I forget?
Never, not yet
I began to walk away and run
Under flaming sky and weeping sun
They forced me to desert my land, what a vile!
In my own country, everlasting exile!
All houses, schools and mosques, they demolished
All our friends and relations, they perished
Under my feet I lost my way
In my country, I became astray
My parent slept in eternal peace
They took every comfort and left me no piece
Did I forget?
Never, not yet
I was looking for a place to settle
With no food and water was so little
A while passed and saw some kids like me
They ran away, they did nothing but to flee
We lived together
We were brother to brother
Recalling what happened before our eyes
And our cries reached the skies
Everyone, his story, told
With weather was so cold
Did I forget?
Never, not yet
We promised each other
To defend our country together
We would get back our land
Arm with arm and hand to hand
We are stronger with the power of faith
We have no fear to face
Together we would sweep them out
With our faith, without doubt
The day will come so soon
And get back our sun and moon
Did we forget?
Never, not yet
Pain and torture, they invent
With horror and deliberate intent
Every time they kill one of ours
The more we gain powers
One day they would taste pain
They created a mad world, so insane
They make our streets full of bones
We are much stronger with stones
Keep demolishing houses more and more
We have more stones and they are our weapon and cure
Did we forget?
Never, not yet
As long as there is a drop of sweat
We are not afraid to be killed or hit
As long as there is a drop of blood in our vein
Our struggle would never be in vain
To achieve our own dream
Their hopes must steam
To see a green branch of leaves
Only when the last Zionist leaves
Our relations whose lives they sacrifice
In a procession direct to paradise
With prophets and martyrs, they live together
An eternal life that would never wither
Did we forget?
Never, not yet
The land is ours and forever will remain
Despite all people, they kill and detain
On the land where Jesus Christ once put his feet
The same land will witness Israel’s defeat
Zionists in our land they plant envy
God is watching and destiny
We have God’s right
With which dawn overcomes long night
Did we forget?
Never, not yet
Al Aqsa weeps and calls
Its lobbies and halls
So many martyrs on its land, no matter
For the pigeon again to come and flutter
Despite all Zionists’ crimes, the world turned the deaf ear
Our dream is getting closer, it is very near
For our country we come like water flow
Yearning for our clear sky and its blue
We never surrender or agree
To be slaves after being free
Did we forget?
Never, not yet
Our waiting will never be so long
Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa to us they belong
We will get our right back
And put an end to the night so black
We will get our life again
And get our land every mount and plain
Al-Aqsa will open again to pray
And will never be an easy prey
Our kids will never be slaves
With freedom every newborn behaves
Did we forget?
Never, never, never, not yet.
Her Love
For the eyes with which I can see
For the heart without which I can never be
For the love of my life as a whole
For my eyes, heart and soul
Although now I can’t see her
She has all my love and care
She is the only cure for my pain
She is the love, I can’t explain
Her love no words can ever express
And will ever remain until after my death
Only for her- these lines – I dedicate
For the love determined only by fate
There is a great myth, I once read
About early mankind, it was said
That was called tale of creation
Was narrated after Eve temptation
When man and woman were in the same body
When one dress was enough for both to embody
At that time man was predestined with only one wife
Throughout his whole life
He didn’t have for a lover to look
All was in his lot, in his book
They loved each other by nature
And nothing could change this feature
Man and woman were forever together
Nohing could make their love wither
Not only one body, but also one soul
Doom and lot drag them and enthrall
They have their own life and happiness
And never knew solitude or loneliness
The soul was in love with the soul
Even before being created at all
They own everything, even the universe
Always together from birth to death
They had the land, not the sky
They could walk and swim, but not to fly
They heard about Gods’ in the skies
Whoever stares up would lose their eyes
The sky means suffer and fear
Where Gods are cruel and unfair
In order to laugh and have fun
They sometimes removed the sun
Gods’ hands were of good and evil
Sometimes hands of merciful and others of devil
There was a God of war
And other of love and adore
There was a God of hate
And a God for improving fate
Suddenly there was a fierce war among Gods
And turning people into bugs or even buds
They began to throw balls of fire
They had their dream and a desire
Separating man away from his wife
Without caring about their life
People began to Gods pray
Despite being victims and prey
For stopping the irony of these conflicts
In turning people into insects
Nobody could hear or care
To stop that nightmare
Till Zeus participated in the game
And became “king of Gods” his name
Zeus easily stopped the war
But couldn’t fix the violations happened before
Man and woman from now on are separating
Can’t any more weld and became impossible their meeting
From now on man lost his own lover
And has to search for her forever
Rarely some succeed in finding her
Some fail although she is very near
People are cursed to hesitate
Can’t make up their mind by fate
Man must walk everywhere and wander
To meet either success or surrender
Even if his lover is very near
He can’t make sure and say “that’s her” is this fair.
I Need You
I need your eyes to see my way
I need your smile to make my day
I need your love to live my life
I need your heart to forget strife
I need your soul to have a being
I need your mind to appreciate my feeling
I need you by my side
I need you in my heart to reside
I need you my angel and Princess
I need you to give me eternal happiness
I need you my dear forever
Promise not to leave me, never
If you will, you can
If you will, you can reach your goals
Man with ambitions never falls
Go for your dream, be ready to fight
Beat your weakness, overcome your night
Always live happily and dream big
Make dreams a crown to be your wig
Let your actions make your noise
Always make success your voice
No room for the weak on this land
Plant your dreams even in rock or sand
Create wings and learn to fly
Conquer your fears and never cry
Wander about the earth to find yourself
Never give up, never put your dreams on a shelf
Never waste your time in regret
Your dreams are closer than you expect
When you fall down, stand up at once
Everyone must taste failure at least once
Success after tiredness is very sweet
Set plans to create your feat
Surround yourself with the optimistic
Get rid of the nasty and the pessimistic
In order to reach the success shore
You need to cross the deep moor
If you will, you can
Snatch your dream, be a man
Poet:
Walid Abdallah is an Egyptian poet and author. He is a visiting professor of English language and literature in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Germany and the USA, his poetry includes “Go Ye Moon”, ” Dream” and “My heart still beats” And has several translated poems which won prestigious prizes in the USA like “Cause”, “Egypt’s Grief”, and “Strangers’ Cross”, his books include Shout of Silence, Escape to the Realm of Imagination, and Man Domination and Woman Emancipation.
