Poetry for Change
Love
To love or not to love
That’s another rhetorical question
Of life’s mysterious needs drive
People insane when having a conversation.
©️ Malak kalmoni chehab ©️
Poetess, author of poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, that’s available on all eplatforms, including Amazon.com.
https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518
Loose not End (exert)
To lose or not to lose,
That is the question that’s not a ruse.
Failing to achieve your goals
Can be a piercing knife to souls
That fall into depression if their
Goals are delayed or failed, their flair
Is indomitable in its will to overcome obstacles
That bend your will, but it’s never broken or stills.
Betrayal (exert)
Of my country and of my family
I have little to say, except that funny
Interactions are not always sunny …
A country’s politics and sense of justice
Can disappoint. Its favor is sandy grace
That’s gritty, scratchy, and hurts in place
Of unity that proves our solidarity in face
Of torment, terror, injustice, that train
Citizens in complacency that will rain
Upon them death, disillusionment that fain
A reality that exists in dreams that are slain.
©️ Malak kalmoni chehab ©️
Poetess, author of poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, that’s available on all eplatforms, including Amazon.com
https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518
Quick … Loss
Exert
Loss and death are as quick as breath.
Run and hide trying to evade its breadth.
I look upon its specter as I hold my breath.
Loss and death are as old as millenia.
Run and hide, as time is never vanilla,
But a manila cover in which to hide sista.
Loss and death are as varied as a bow.
Run and hide, and never stay in a row,
That keeps you stuck in a silent blow. …
©️Malak kalmoni chehab ©️
Poetess and author of poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, that’s available on all eplatforms, including Amazon.com.
https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518
Cupid’s Valentine
The month of love and adoration
Is the shortest one of all!
Not all happiness can be packed into its summation,
Short, though it is, its effects are a ball!
In its center, couples celebrate their love,
As if you only praise your unity, then!
And every other day falls short of its possessive
Hold on your cheery life filled only with a pen.
The one you use to organize your life,
Strategize your next goal, perfect compassion
That leads to compromise and less strife,
While dissent and enmity to envy’s fashion.
Duty and love are two sides of a coin,
Where duty can choke the life out of veneration
As it stomps out the cheer from your conjoin.
©️Malak kalmoni chehab ©️
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms, including Amazon.com
What makes you feel nostalgic?
As the new year approaches, you look back and realize that you’ve grown as an individual, while others are stuck in a rut. As I remember my past obstacles and breakthroughs, I recall my childhood holidays filled with aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins, and friends gathering under 1 roof. The noise, laughs, cries of fear for a too mischievous child were part of the atmosphere of unity.
Today, only a few hours remain for a brand new year to start, a blank slate, maybe?
Never.
Life is cumulative, and there’s always context for actions and reactions. I wish for simplicity in life to return, where actions don’t need to have double or triple meanings, but where honesty, love, peace, and equality are the only values that are enacted by all.
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms, including Amazon.com:
https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518
Yayyyyy!
Sky, Soil, GOD
As I look above, the sky’s scintillating
Colors, whether sunrise, twighlight, sunset, or night
They inspire moods that vary, like colors devoting
Beauty to your every versatility, like a kite
In flight, I realize, GOD, is all around
Doling out beauty for your joy that’s found
In being beside you when times
Are exciting, cheerful, depressing,
When you look down upon ecosystems
Surrounding you with miracles, outstanding
In their simplicity: ant home, beehives,
Even larger predators, the need survives
In each one, human, animal, insect,
Knowing YOU’RE present everywhere
Above, below, and at our side. In fact,
That knowledge is what initiate
Our appreciation for all GOD’S creations,
Also innately aware of your presence’s jubilations,
That empower all to subjugate
Negativity with optimism, transforming
Our core into being compassionately humane.
©️Malak kalmoni chehab ©️
Cupid’s Valentine
The month of love and adoration
Is the shortest one of all!
Not all happiness can be packed into its summation,
Short, though it is, it’s effects are a ball!
In its center, couples celebrate their love,
As if, you only praise your unity then!
And every other day falls short of its possessive
Hold on your cheery life filled only with a pen.
The one you use to organize your life,
Strategize your next goal, perfect compassion
That leads to compromise and less strife,
While dissent and enmity to envy’s fashion.
Duty and love are two sides of a coin,
Where duty can choke the life out of veneration
As it stomps out the cheer from your conjoin.
©️ Malak kalmoni chehab ©️
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon.com:
https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518
Flighty Hearts
Love our paper hearts
Easy to tear,
but cuts
Like a bear.
Its unique shape
Lends to despair,
When it broke
By your hand and air.
Its unique shape
Rises into fullness,
Then dips in face
Of falsehoods that pierce…
Look into its shape
That seems divided
Into yay and nay, a cape
Of vascillation that cried,
Its tear wails
Till eye sight goes blind
With too many choices
And decisions that bind.
Oh ye who have
A paper heart,
Let its love
Blind you and never cut.
©️ Malak kalmoni chehab ©️
Poetess, author: Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, available on Amazon.com, iTunes, Googlebooks, kobo, Barnes and noble, and more
https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518
Cowgirl Baby
Cowgirl boots, shorts, and off the shoulder
Shirt, a toddler holding the phone
Speaking to her brother, who’s far,
Far from home. She gurgles her love,
At times incomprehensibly, laughing
At his replies that have adoration
Light up her eyes as hearing
His voice is her drug of choice, a succession
Of discordant sounds, she interprets
With a beatific cacophony of cries
That invade your heart with warmth that’s
A test to your all encompassing hearts.
©️ Malak kalmoni chehab ©️
Death’s Door
The time for death is near,
Near the hearth of family,
Family, whose the sole perpetrator,
Perpetrator of unconditional love.
Love, that’s the ravager of loneliness,
Loneliness that drives despair,
Despair, that’s the cultivator
Cultivator of dispossessed souls,
Souls that needed love, received brutality.
Brutality that’s emotional and physical,
Physical breaks that takes ages,
Ages to mend, but never overcome,
Overcome completely the degradation,
Degradation of Death’s door that opens
Opens for all aggressors who’ve torn,
Torn away at your confidence.
Confidence that you rip out of their palms,
Palms that are covered in blood,
Blood of the innocent who survived,
Survived hell on earth and won,
Won the war over death’s door.
©️Malak kalmoni chehab ©️
Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, my book is on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards.
https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518
Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live?
The years I’d relive are the births of my babies. Each was special in their own way, but with my first, the adjustment to having a baby and other responsibilities made the enjoyment of the experience limited in that my body needed rest and had to adjust to a lot of changes at once. So yes, I’d love to revisit each birth individually and appreciate each miracle of birth and motherhood with less demands on my time.
My poetry book: Perfectly Flawed poetry for change is available at Amazon.com, iTunes, Googlebooks, Barnes and noble, Kindle, and Kobo.
https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518
Another poem is available, also on Amazon in the book:
Unseal Your Greatness
https://amzn.to/47RpSFt
