Leaves are scattered on the ground Like tears in the rain They make no sound The breeze blows kisses Sweetly and gently Calming my mind as I am reminiscing
Leaves are scattered on the ground Like tears in the rain They make no sound The breeze blows kisses Sweetly and gently Calming my mind as I am reminiscing
If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, Their Oil would become Tears. Mahmoud Darwish
The dust falls silently after the deafening explosions. The only sound is the whimpering from the wreckage of what used to be her child’s bedroom. She claws frantically at the rubble unaware of the blood oozing from her hands, or her head. The whimpering stops, and she tries to dig even harder, shouting, screaming “Help, …
The touch of your tears on my face never left me. Your pain was my pain, when I hurt you, I hurt myself even more. The feeling when we reconciled brought joy into my sadness And the touch of your lips created an indelible memory of the moment. When a broken love is …
When the crimson rose has faded And our day at last is done; In the forest dark and shaded Blows the tempest, dims the sun. When the night holds us together Shall forgiveness mend the past Will despair bring sunny weather And heal our hearts at last? If we hide within the shadows Will you …
When we two parted In silence and tears, Half broken-hearted To sever for years, Pale grew thy cheek and cold, Colder thy kiss; Truly that hour foretold Sorrow to this. The dew of the morning Sunk chill on my brow– It felt like the warning Of what I feel now. Thy vows are all broken, …
“As she stooped over him, her tears fell upon his forehead. The boy stirred, and smiled in his sleep, as though these marks of pity and compassion had awakened some pleasant dream of a love and affection he had never known; as a strain of gentle music, or the rippling of water in a silent …
While you weren’t here I cried every night A million tears fell Still my heart wasn’t right While you weren’t here I did what I could Hoping against hope My decisions were good While you weren’t here I gained some in age Things just went on And life turned a page While you weren’t …
My love is lost. I held it as a handful of sand, clenching my fist to hold it there. Yet, bit by bit, it slipped through my straining fingers. Now, nothing but memories of every smile, every kiss, and, above all, every word. For ’twas not into my ear you whispered but into my heart. …
Down on the Shore Down on the shore, on the sunny shore! Where the salt smell cheers the land; Where the tide moves bright under boundless light, And the surge on the glittering strand; Where the children wade in the shallow pools, Or run from the froth in play; Where the swift little boats with …
Evening Solace The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed. And days may pass in gay confusion, And nights in rosy riot fly, While, lost in Fame’s or Wealth’s illusion, The memory of the Past may …
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