Happy New Year :Words!

Words straight from the heart .....

For years upon end .. I’ve cared too much about what people said, how they felt and what they believed.

Till the day came when I realized that typing hundreds of words , venting out emotions and then reading them over again and feeling that maybe “I’ve gone too far” ,thus carrying on with erasing every single word that I meant from the bottom of my heart and soul ,and replacing it with a tiny smile “ :)” …was simply wrong!

Then the shock came !
Another day ... The setting’s changed … maybe now it’s day or maybe it's night! perhaps windy and let’s add a little garden and a river to the scene …make it more like what it seems .
It finally occured to me that people really don’t care .. and all the sad faces ,words of condolence and emoticons they send are nothing but a show of momentary sympathy ..one that lasts for a minute or two before they move on to open up another conversation with another person , gossiping and laughing like nothing ever happened .

NOTE: people really hate to talk to those who make them feel sad !! *another thing that I had to learn the hard way this year *.

Here I came to the realization : Maybe people shouldn’t know about your sadness or happiness or any form of extreme emotions that you might be going through , because otherwise you are more than welcoming them to disrespect your situation and where you stand in YOUR own life !

I didn’t wake up one day to suddenly find that the world has changed … No! I woke up and slept every single day and night to a new, more dramatic and modern warfare . One that involved abuse of one’s privacy and style of living , one that only started fire but was never able to extinguish it , one that spread hate and fear while killing any signs of its antonyms.
We are not victims and we never were ,we brought upon ourselves misery and nothing but an excess of it !

I learnt that when life is taking one huge turn right around the corner, it doesn’t wait for you to throw your soul at the brake pedals and play with your steering wheel …NO!It throws you and your useless means of living onto the edge ,and like any car accident : the air bag may or may not save you !
Then whatever the result is , no one is going to help you put the pieces of your life together … they’re just going to stare and clap and serenade you with quotes of wisdom that they have no idea how to imply under the shameful category of : EMOTIONAL SUPPORT!

Pause!!! Take a breath and get your lungs punched till the last atom of air inside has melted !
Then, I woke up on one of 2011's beautiful days to find that every relationship of mine was ruined somehow… and in such a case you have to start getting up on your feet , you have to grow stronger ! simply due to an inner ,nagging feeling of you being the "road" that everyone steps on to get somewhere although you never change and like a good ol’ road, you stay there till the end of the storm !

I didn’t just fall into this world …NO SIR !
I was born to leave behind something or the other ... people die young and on the streets , but in my 15 years of living I consider myself capable of leaving behind something! and from there, I believe that you have no right to disrespect me or show any type discrimination against me , my religion, my looks , my personality and my country !

I have no clue why I’m writing all of this , but I learnt that I shouldn’t be afraid to speak my mind..shout out my thoughts : LOUD AND CLEAR! And I really don’t have it in my heart to erase any line of what I’ve written … whoever’s reading this will probably choose the lines which best suits his life .

We’re all guilty and I have caught myself more than once red-handed , violating my own rules and giving up on my own principles … crossing the limitations that I have drawn and going into a “danger” zone that I ,myself labeled , but 2011 is that one year which draws the deepest and scariest of feelings that you never knew had possessed .

It was a year of conflict and here onwards there is but a little chance of solution in the face of mountains of doubt and uncertainty . I am not a pessimist , I’m just a person who’s best year was probably not 2011 .
I was born to live the life that I’m living and I know that there is a clear probability that my words are too harsh or a little too direct , and maybe the new year should have something more cheerful dedicated to it , but my tongue was tied in knots for way too long and these words can either be spoken now or never .

With my mind no longer able to connect to the cause , I run out of words to say and storms to brain ..as silly as that may sound, it actually makes perfect sense to me.

Happy New year dear and May god bless you with better days !

FARAH KHALIL

Acceptance... A step towards humanity

                                          Acceptance... A step towards Humanity

Humans should learn to accept each other more often. They should learn to ask themselves as to who gave them the rights to judge and discriminate, and whether or not they are any better than the ones they are making fun of.


They should Learn to love and accept eachother, no matter what religion, race or financial background They may come from. No matter what they're wearing or what they aren't and no matter what car they're driving or what car they aren't.


Who are we to judge God's work and the situation he puts people in?  and based on what do we reach our conclusions of the boy sitting next to us in a coffee shop?
do we ask? do we care? or do we just jump to analysing every bit of his T-shirt and pants...wonder why he is wearing those in particular while he could wear something "waaay cooler than that!" . Do we care why that girl wears too much make-up? or why she isn't wearing hijab? Do we care about the weak and vulnerable? or do we just make fun of them and group on them?  be honest with yourselves.


You're all people who demand freedom right? you're all people who went on the streets and "sacrificed" your lives for building a better world right? you all seek to rise from the 'underdog level' and you want you're voice to be heard, you want to be civilized human beings .... well you want civilization?  why don't you start with humanity first and go from there... stop rejecting the other and stop fighting over every minute detail...put your attitude away and look at the person infront of you without any prior judgement, wait for what they can say....wait to hear their story...wait to see them with innocent eyes .They may surprise you !


Now, the surprise may not be so pleasant ,but atleast you learned for once to not judge by the looks or the money not even by the gun in one's hand.


We are all humans at the end, before cultures were separated and religions were labelled, before major plans were implied on the civilians and before we ever had to hate each other . Before ideas of man-killing and slaughtering were forced into our heads and made to look easy and allowed. we are humans.... carrying the same color of blood and structure of skin , we may have flaws ,but a person just isn't born with these flaws...it's us, we cause these flaws in character... we raise our children , the exact same "dumb" way that we were raised in.


We give them lists of people to hate and people to love.... Those who are acceptable and those who are rejected... Those who they should better stay away from  and those who are 'okay' to hang around with .... The same lists our parents have given us, same fears and doubts and insecurities , same prior judgement style never allowing us to break free . Girls that wear mini-skirts are those that you should stay away from for they are bold and sassy  and men with beards usually tend to be terrorists. right? 


Learn to accept the other person , for life has been just unfair to him as it has been to you , maybe then we can achieve the complete and full meaning of humanity... then I wouldn't be against you going on the streets and shouting for dear democracy. 

'Hell is empty. And all the devils are here.'-WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR -The Tempest


Farah Khalil

I met Him

I met Him

I met him,
he was there
like a summer breeze,
brushing my hair.

I met him
our eyes met,
one smile after the other
our hearts leapt,
with sudden joy and satisfaction
they were filled.
He was there, the breeze too , was there.

I decided to turn around and leave
keeping it short and sweet,
saving myself from utter grief
due to Mr. I’m-so-hot's sudden, urgent leave.
but his stare had lingered me way too deep
that turning around would be the deadliest sin.

Hair blown by the wind,
eyes shining in the sun,
lazy smiles hanging on every child’s face,
leaping legs with it joy it brings
and I?

I met him!
my wind, my rain
my loss, my gain
my smile, my world.

He was right there and I naively thought,
to stay.
My smile grew wider and my hopes had no sky
and he saw it…how do I know?
he turned around and left ,but
oh well! At least I met him .

Hand In Hand

Hand In Hand

Hand in hand we march to the end

A stamp of a foot and the click of a gun,

The war is near and there's no way to run.

Hand In Hand we run to the end,

People, Heartbroken and cheeks tear stroken ,

And the shot of a gun,

Ringing loud in all deaf ears,

 surrounding the sun,

signaling the war of the world yet to come,

Love and Peace now and forever gone.

Hand In Hand towards the end,

We fight and we die,

To try and save our lives,

Imagining the end.

In despair and Agony

We hope for the best.

In fright and horror ,

We wish for the end.

Hand in Hand we march to the end…..

By :FARAH KHALIL

When Everything Turns Black

When Everything Turns Black

And then everything turned to black,

And all the tears once marked its way on a pale stone turned back and retreated, hiding in the comfort of an eyelid and forever were buried into a heart of redness.

And all the rain drops half way between, the sky and the earth, the high and the low, froze and were as if by some magical force pulled back into the folds of the clouds and those on earth, seeped into the ground so fast it’d make your head spin.

And all the words, nice and cold, that were once thrown were taken back and history had it been here in this scene of the story, would be its fate.

When everything turns black, that’s how you know.

When everything turns black, that you were never really born.

Sounds of Rain and Thunder

Some Quotes from Famous Names In literature

Okay so these are some of the quotations of some important names in literature..


Robert Frost


-Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.

-Freedom lies in being bold.

-Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.


-Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

- have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.
-The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
- In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.


e.e. cummings


-Be of love a little more careful than of anything.


-I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.


-Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination


-The earth laughs in flowers.


-To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
-Listen; there's a hell of a good universe next door: let's go.




Maya Angelou


-At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.
-History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
-I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.

-I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.

-There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

-Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

-Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

-My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.


Nicholas Sparks


-Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.


-You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter.


-Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.


-Nothing that’s worthwhile is ever easy. Remember that.


-Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Loves is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It dose not take offense and is not resentful. Love take no pleasure in others people's sins, but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes.


-Our story has three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an end. And although this is the way all stories unfold, I still can't believe that ours didn't go on forever.


-If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale.

Happy New Year

Soon, all the tears you cried .the frowns you put on, all the grudge and hatred filled eyes that you gave and received , will be forgotten and history be its fate.



Soon, all the laughs and smiles, all the happy grins and sparkling eyes, all the calm and satisfaction filled eyes that you gave and received, will be remembered and cherished forever and ever through the years.
  
Soon, the sun meets the moon and the war of survival starts to gloom , and the dawn’s earliest rays fall upon your window following a triumphant and glorious victory, all your sins will be forgiven and you’ll be given a new chance to, live what had died over and over again till you get it right.
  
Soon, the months will clash into a year, 12 months, names ever-so clear, 365 days counted one by one, 8760 hours tick-tocked itself away, 525600 minutes slipped by in a blaze, 31536000 seconds flew with no trail. All the joys and grieves, tears and relieves, All history! Past! Gone! And you’re finally released. The stress , the envy, the wishes that don’t come true, soon, it’ll all be gone and a new chance is born for you, as God chooses you to wake up and witness the day when a new year begins and another ends.
  
And as the hours and all its fractions of unit time pass away….all I can say is:

May you Have A Very Happy & Blissful New Year My Friend.

Realization

Realization


Look at the freedom that hovered above my head,
But vanished to the still and solace of dying.


Why do I get my freedom now that I’m breathing and struggling In the bed
Of my memories …of falling stars, roses and love.


Look at the light that has extended its shadow upon my being...
Lovely days and lovely games, what a lovely lie we’ve been living.


We humans try to reach the stars in our dreams and when we do
We wake up upon the realization that the birds jumping up and down in the wide blue sky that we all share,
 Have really reached and without a visa.


And still we celebrate and sing all night, satisfied with the distance our dreams have covered,
When suddenly and swiftly, a bird comes in.. Cutting our dreams asunder, and teasing us about our stupidity…