Masticated By The Distance
Winter is a beautiful icon
Carries on its own smile
in the rain and in the green earth
When it gets mad it darkens
and bursts severely
His body is trembling from the cold
Like the last leaf on a dying tree
Plantar dew is a dripping of pain
and his eyes stands against
the last extent
It was like his heart confused linearity
ain't nothing beats apprehension
his short nap was not a coincidence of drowsiness
Tightened the control over his eyelids
Where grief was roaming around his heart
and he was too roaming around the grief
He went on looking
at the clock with some worries
suddenly he pointed his looks on
her image that dominates the space
He was attracted by the sparkles in her eyes
Sounds like if he sees it for the first time
the whiteness of her ivory nick was his only lantern
Her spectrum awakens the embers speech and reignites a fire on his lips
Night and nostalgic are harbor
Which the ship of longing docks onto
and the sails of absence roisters on its pier to test the cranky patience
He was talking himself to sleep
the sleep that was his only salvation
in a shadow of memory's being masticated by the distance and a dream he knows will not come soon
In The Vanishing Wind
My desires are wakening up
And alone, the shiver extends into the desert dunes
It runs on the body of sand
Whenever my fingers acquired a sin of love
It passes with the lightness of fragrance
And guides flocks of birds to my agonies
As rivers of suns
Or suns rising up in my hand
I point to some remnants and speak silently
When a kiss is born on my lips
And wine gets drunk when captivated by the face of mirrors
The ground flows with dew
Hair haul down its tufts on the shoulder of a star traveling like a cloud
And I run after a doe in the lust of vanishing wind
GOD, The Generous, The Wise
Praise be to Allah , the Frist before creation and revival, and the Last after the annihilation of things, the Knowledgeable.
Oh, You’re the Light whose features show eternal light
O Smile that overlooks the world
O Mercy that has set for man the signs of the path of guidance
Oh, the Voice emanating from the unseen behind and withholding holiness
O Adored in the hearts of purity and truth and goodness
What the heart may reveal, and what medicine for the soul when your love overwhelms it
How do You drive me away and I the weak who seek refuge from sins on the run, or disappoint my guide who intended to go to You, seeking
Or how do You respond injustice and return me to streams of pain and misery, when Your streams of bounties and benevolence is rooted in the dwelling of Your kindness , and Your door is open to the requesters.
Our hearts and souls travel to
You in every dwelling and gesture.
Guide me to the straight path
And awaken me from inattention
Oh, Allah do not forsake me
Accept me among thy faithful.
Nasser Alshaikhahmed is a Saudi Arabian bilingual poet and writer who composes poetry and short stories in both Arabic and English. He studied at Sonoma State University in California, USA, and although his academic background is unrelated to literature, his passion lies deeply in poetry and writing. He is a member of AllPoetry.com and Soul Asylum Poetry Radio (New York, USA). His work has been featured in poetry anthologies such as Voracious Polyglots (USA), The Quilled Ink (South Africa), and Wheel Song Poetry (UK), as well as in online magazines like Polis Magazino (Greece), ILA Magazine (USA), and Grupo de Trabajo de Escritores "Juntos por las Letras" (Argentina). He has also translated several works from English to Arabic for poets from the USA, Japan, and Australia, with his translations published in local journals. Nasser has published one poetry book in Arabic, العرافة (Ara’fa), in 2013 through Arabian House for Science and Publishing, and another in English. He won the second prize of the "Zheng Nian Cup" China Literary Award in 2023 and received the L.A. Seneca International Academic Literary Award from the Italian Academy of Philosophical Arts and Sciences (Bari, Italy) in October 2023. He has participated in the International Children’s Literature Forum in Bangladesh (December 2023), the Oman International Poetry and Cultural Festival (April 2024), and the Indian International Literary Meet Forum (November 2024).
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