Yearn

A summer night has gone to pass

Without that melodic lilt of yours

A voice none other could surpass

To treat an ailment only one could cure

The morrow has made a sacred oath

One that we could not elude

To stretch between two lovers' souls

A thousand miles of ocean blue

Darling, I can't promise you the stars

But please don't ever be afraid

For even if you're light years far

My love for you won't ever fade

-Izzat R.

Tooth And Nail

Relentless

For the taste of your love

Restless

For the touch of your skin

Insanity

Holds not a minute's respite

Hazy

Is everything else but you

By tooth

I will give you what you deserve

By nail

I will retrieve you from the earth

-Izzat R.

Twice Shy

What else is there to despise

When the morrow brings naught anew

Dabbled in the workings of the soul

Much too much; through and through

Kindled flames and snuffed out candles

A distinction I can no longer trace

Much less the presence of a void
Rather an absence of a space

-Izzat R.

Aurora

Blink

Tell me what you see

The Earth

At the palm of my hand

All its majesty and grandeur

Formed by only sea and land

Blink

Now what do you perceive?

Planets

9, no 8, in all

It just takes my breath away

How they all look so small

Blink

Is there anything new you discern?

The galaxies

Oh, there really aren’t words to say

Such astounding beauty

Don’t wake me, please let me stay

Open your eyes

You’ve been gone far too long

Drifting ever further away

In a direction that is wrong

Blink

Look outside, tell me what you glimpse

Colours

People, cars, and the sky so blue

Like an aurora

Their colours are pretty too

Think

We all look too far for beauty

For what has always been near

You should never stop living

In the now and the here

Now blink
And stop making the universe shrink

-Izzat R.

North Star

I've been lost at sea

For far too long

The voices scream

Telling me I've had enough

But for now, it's quiet

For now

They say there is a calm

Right before the storm

How true that is

Now depends on you

So point
And I will follow

-Izzat R.

Connect The Dots

Dusk enveloped the lands

Yet cease not, did the sun glow

Squeezing sweat glands dry somewhere

And others, mere rays through snow

As one star hides away

Millions of other came out to play

I glanced your way and smiled

Again, we raced each other to the bay

By the witness of the nebulae above

We pulled each other to the ground

Laughed until our lungs were sore

And went on till the sea was found

Out of breath, I sit under the stars

And marvel at the specks of light

I almost let loose a laugh when I remember

That you aren't here with me tonight

Where you went, I do not know

But it is awfully quiet without our fight

The grown ups say you're happier now

I dare you to come and tell me they're right

I may not be as bright as the stars

But I start to connect the dots

It doesn't matter if you're here, or light years far

I know we'll remain connected

By the constellations of our hearts

-Izzat R. 

Haley

Retinas still burnt from your beauty

From the last time I laid my eyes upon

That flowing white dress that trailed

That icy flame that exuded your being

A spectacle on that cold, calm night

Without so much as a word, you retreated

Back to whence you came

Leaving me, feet plastered to the ground

Gawking at the unnaturally bleak skies

That will never again be as radiant

But alas, never once have I moved

From the very spot we met

With a smile on my face, I wait

Hanging on a thread of words

A promise that one day you’ll return

And once again will my soul burn

-Izzat R.