Prison of Desire
Locked in a chamber
those feelings that play
across your face, let them stay
Bleeding hearts, you are afraidHow
were you supposed to find love
were you to find friendship
were you to laughbut
you sealed it away from the pain
from the hurt
from the lossFor you thought life to be cruel
so you devised your own design
deeming passion foolish
for you had locked, not feeling
but your heart itself
into a prison of coldAnd then you became
just an image
a shadow
of who you once wereAnd it’s been hard.
—Hiba Ali
The night grew darker as we stumbled on farther following the light of the moon"
Hiba Ali
Obey if you must
But even you will admit
There’s secrets they hide
That all deserve to know"
Hiba Ali
The words spilled out of me
and bled into the pages.
Red,
as the life in my veins had been.
And it was cruel that I did not end quickly,
yet not slowly enough either,
to have had the time in which to ponder
upon the words to leave you with.
Hiba Ali
