A question
A conversation
A word
All provoke
An eye
A smile
A touch
All evoke
A tree
A fruit
A sea
All enthuse
A walk
A ride
A new place
All enthuse
You, Me
She, He
They, Us
All arouse
My muse is she
My stimulation is she
My revelation is she
All bring out the thoughts within
She is the earth
She is the moon
She is the people
She is life
She is everyday.
A midnight drive
A moonlit sky
An embrace between friends
I’m going to wash my feet on the shores of Haifa
A morning coffee
A warm breakfast
Conversations of stones built long ago
I’m going to wash my feet on the shores of Haifa
A circle of friends
A march of color
A tree to hug
I am going to wash my feet on the shores of Haifa
A walk on the beach
A long conversation
A discovery of friends
I’m washing my feet on the shores of Haifa
A child’s laughter
A meal of fish out of sea
A sunset from the old walls of Akka
I’ve washed my feet on the shores of Haifa
Another city away
A mustache or two of fun
A meeting of strangers
I’ve washed my feet on the shores of Haifa
A laugh, a smile, a twinkle in the eye
An inking on the heel
A sad goodbye
I’ve washed my feet on the shores of Haifa
A thought
An impulse
A reality
I washed my feet on the shores of Haifa
I want to erase you
From my memory
From my flesh
From my heart
From my life
You are now gone
Your hypocrisy the last straw
You said you loved me
But you chose to live a lie
A year I endured
And when my wings spread
You disappeared like the wind under them
You don’t realize that now I don’t need you to be there
You are not my wind
I don’t need you to pretend
I don’t want you near
I don’t want you far
I don’t want you
I will erase you
Make you a blank in my mind
No emotion
No touch
No smile
You are nothing much
Just a blank in the past
Where nothing is
I erase you
From my memory
From my flesh
From my heart
From my life
You are a blank stare
You are a superficial conversation
You are not
And that makes me so happy
No longer torn between wanting you and not
No longer longing for what can not
No waiting by the phone
No dreaming day and night
There is no more you
A blank
Erased
Shalabieh's Poetry 