Monday, March 02, 2009

Rising Slowly [a poem]

THIS SIGH!


There is a sigh
Trapped
In the depth
Of my heart.
Like a bubble
Of fish breath
Under weighted tons
Of sea.

All I ask now
Of my Self
And my patience
Is to witness in silence
The slow upward rise
Of this bubble, this sigh.
This sigh,
This bubble sigh!

_Prophecy
March 02, 2009
1550 hr

2 comments:

  1. Really poignant and moving. May my soul be a ransom for that sigh.

    Ya Haqq!

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  2. This is lovely Ramla, I know this feeling/bubble sigh well!

    wasalam
    Asiya

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