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• [October 31]: Wake Me Up Before You Leave, October

  Here is the reality:You cannot plan your dreamsBe truthful:When you go to sleep,Can you control what you see?Can you dictate your dreams To your subconscious? Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2012 CREATIVITY

• [October 29]: They Say This Is How It Ends

  Weather changeDrastic,Think Permian-Triassic–Jurassic,21st century global shutdown:Mother of all mass extinctions.It could beMeteor strike,Fireball of lightA... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2012 CREATIVITY

• [October 28]: Qahwa Lady

  To all the girls and women who spent their years living in alienation, working domestic vocations, sending money home to their folks, never having time to... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2012 CREATIVITY

• [October 27]: The Discontented Writer

  What am I missing?She askedIs it intellect?NoIs it soul?NoIs it emotion?NoIs it the whole point, the message?NoIs it the ability to make myself understood?NoThe... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2012 CREATIVITY

• [October 26]: Further, Furthest, Far

  The world is full off drifters:Women who have drifted out into the sea,DownWith pockets full of stonesPeople who have drifted across... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2012 CREATIVITY

• [October 24]: Stranger Of Mine

  Even a stranger’s love is not enough.Though when they leave their seats vacant,The chill of the breeze enclosing Where their warmth protected meAches... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2012 CREATIVITY

• [October 23]: Made In Karachi

  FireBurning, consuming,Turning the fumes intoAn entrapment of air,Looming over suffocatingHeated, flushed facesStuck in between fire-less places,Fighting to sav... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 CREATIVITY

• [October 22]: I, Rebellious

  RebellionWas supposed to come at my door ten years agoInstead, it showed up last month,When everything was finally coming togetherThe first time I ever said... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 CREATIVITY

• [October 21]: The Stuff Of Nightmares

  Remember the men you arrested,Chained to the walls, Their protesting contested With whips and insults and the heel of your boots?Do you remember those old men?D... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 CREATIVITY

• [October 19]: Trust Issues

  I'm always waiting,Bracing myself For the knife that willStab me in the side,The backAnd straight through my heart,Tearing, breakingRibs and lungsI have died... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2012 CREATIVITY

• [October 18]: Growth & Adaptation Are Two Characteristics Of The Living Organism

  I mean you no harmI swear itGive me your arm, lovePut your hand inside mineIt will all be over quicklyI promiseGive me your mind, dear,I want to remove its... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2012 CREATIVITY

• [October 17]: Blame The Dopamine

  “How is she? I've missed her,’’You say“She’s okay, bit under the weather,But doing much better.”He doesn't tell you That the skies are stormy, dark, With... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2012 CREATIVITY

• [October 16]: Eviction

  That was not quite the scenarioAny of them could have predictedThe shock of it rested on a single question:How do you let go Of home?No, you don’t.So, he... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2012 CREATIVITY

• [October 14]: Condemn

  The stigma surrounding a criminal’s familyThe inability to forgive or forget a scandalPunishing one for another’s faultsSwitching the aloe vera with... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2012 CREATIVITY

• [October 13]: Remember Those High School Dreams?

  The skinny boys I knewGrew fat and donned suitsThe ideals and principles I knewWere written in files, filed away,And if it weren't for a schoolgirl's... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2012 CREATIVITY

• [October 12]: Eritrea's Unwelcome Visitor

  Eritrea is no stranger to HerShe had torn the continent apart,Survived many attempts to bottle her up,Thriving on two sides of it sometimes,Once in the... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2012 CREATIVITY

• [October 11]: Oppression

  It is not enough That I had seen it with my eyes, Heard it with my ears ,And tasted it with my tongue, But I had also Kissed it with my lips, And dipped my... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 CREATIVITY

• [October 9]: Apologists Are Like Anesthesiologists

  I know what’s going on;I’m watching the news, reading the papersScrolling through picturesAnd adding up the figures I hear what’s going on;I’m listening to... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2012 CREATIVITY

• [October 8]: In Two Minds About Writing

  The Inner Critic The Writing Process I have dreamt of youIn the many nights sinceYou ran awayTaking with you the moonshineTo replace it with weeks of rain... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2012 CREATIVITY

• [October 7]: A Can Of Gasoline

  Blaze and burn;4 years of a stamped and signed certificate,18 years of memorizing texts and arithmetic,Tools that are open secretsUnserviceable and cheapened. Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2012 CREATIVITY