The Brightest Sun

The Brightest Sun
The beautiful meadow,So green with pride,The beautiful meadow,This is where we can hide.The highest mountain,The clouds are down below,The highest mountain,Is where we are to go.The deepest sea, With fish galore,The deepest sea,Is where we can soar.The brightest sun, Beams down from above,The brightest sun,Sends lots of love.
Tarek Nassif
2006

Feelings

Feelings
F is for the freedomThat we share in our loveThe first E stands for effort It's the joy that God gives from aboveThe last E is for everythingThat you have always meant to meThe L stands for loveLong and lasting Deeper than the seaThe last three letters are the mind setThe exclamation point of one's soul Feelings is what I feelTo have and to hold.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Never Alone

Never Alone
all the stars that seem to glow at night,could not compare to all the love i hold for you.i could walk a thousand miles through a barren desert,knowing that at journey's end,i would feel your confort.and when you dream at night don't frown,for i am always by your side.to hold you so you'll never fall,to love you so you'll never be alone.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Loving You

Loving You
In moments of splendor,Hearts and souls release in rapture,Climbing to hieghts never reached,Floating in the clouds of jubilation,Feeling warmth and closeness,Touching a total oneness.IN moments shared,We laugh, we feel,And our hearts grow.In moments shared,Our hearts and souls,They dance and sing,While composing sweet music.In all of this,Butterflies flutter,Emotions flood,And our love grows,And in the empty moments,I MISS YOU!
Tarek Nassif
2005

Spirit Of The Night

Spirit of the Night
Moonlight seeping through the curtains.The window is open.A cool breeze ruffles the sheets on her bed.Stars twinkle in the night sky.The room is dimly lit.She stares out the windowwith her pale eyes.Sleep just wouldn't come.It had been a day like all others,filled with sadness and frustration.Tears began to pool in her eyes.She bowed her head and let them fall.Each drop shimmered on her windowsill.The pain was almost un bearable.She swept out the room, down the stairs,and out the door,never thinking twice.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Kind Is Your Love

Kind Is Your Love
Pleasant dreams you wished me;Oh, how pleasant they have been.Pleasant dreams you wished me;Oh, my lover and my friend.You gave me more of yourselfThan anyone I'd known;You reached out full length,Your inner soul was shown.So glad I didn't miss youAs your heart reached out to mine;So glad I really kissed you,Felt your love in this lifetime.Thank you for my happy heart,Dear love of mine;Thank you for my happy heart,Your love was kind!
Tarek Nassif
2005

The Lonely Days

The Lonley Days
where to go when no one loves you whom do you see when no ones there why do people not surround you when your always standing waiting right there sometimes people just dont understand you push them away and get mad where you go no one knows but its bad enough already dont make it worse i know the speicial someone is out there i am waiting and so is he or she but everyday i know ill fine them and leave very happily.
Tarek Nassif
2005

See Queen

Sea Queen

When the wind whispers your nameAnd the sun always sets the sameWith a fire in my heartWe shall never drift apartYou rose from the groundLike a beautiful rose that I foundThe sun rises above the oceanWith so much emotion over youIn my mind in the darkI think of all the loveThat you put in my heartWith all the love you gave meAnd I can't even seeWhat a beautiful Sea queen you areAnd I couldn't believe what a star.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Existence

Existence
Heart hurts, heart pacesThumping inside, racing awayUncontrolable attackOf the strangest kind,Heart is playing with my mind.Beating, pulsing bloodRushing through my veins,Entering systematicallyThrough my shell,Revitalising and pumping my existence.There is a connection...A solution for the moment.Free to be wholeAccepted and heldWanted and loved,Understood and shelteredFrom a world so wrong.I live with the beatI'd die in the rhythmBut this is my song.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Love's Torture

Love's Torture
Inside. Screaming.Wanting to let go.The truth sets me free.But, why can't it be?Let it be free.I'm enslaved.My mind, heart, and soul have me captive.Heart feels love,Mind says no.Let me free,Can't let go.Soul doesn't know.Choices to be made,words must be expressed.Who must decide?Heart, mind, or soul?Must let go.So much,too much,Inside my heart,inside my mind.Must be set free.Can't breath.What will set me free?Heart, mind, or soul?
Tarek Nassif
2005

If

If

If you have Heaven,Honey,and Women.

What will you offer for lover.

If you have a sea og gold instead of water.

What will you give for the poor.

Everyone knows about me,iam very careful,

and i dont give the answer at once.

Bring the Heaven.

Bring the Sea.

I'll think afterward.


Tarek Nassif

2003

I'll Be With You

I Will Be With You
I will be with you;There is not one thing you mustbe alone to do;Stand upright, faithful and true;Hold my hand, I will be with you;At the midnight hour, I willlinger still;At your side with comfort, yoursoul I'll fill;And sweet peace will replacethe sorrow of the painyou knew;For I am here, and I will bewith you;And as the light breaks thru theday;By your side, I'll continue to stay.
Tarek Nassif
2005

I Love You

I Love You

I love you,and dont know my love limit to you
and dont know how your love were able to cross those limits.
I love you , and dont know how did you entered inside my vanes
and mixed with my blood.
I love you ,and dont know how you control my all thinking this way,
and surrounding it in a closed circle,can't find the way out of it.
I love you and i dont know how and when, and why i love you.
I love you ,and dont know how to explain my love to you,
nothing is like this love.
I love you,and dont know the way to make you the most happy
person in the universe.
I love you,and dont know how to reassemble my parts,which is melting
in your love.
I love you,and can't stop my feelings.
I love you,and don't know the end of this love,
i feel this love will never reach it's end.
I love you,and i know only you'r love.

TAREK NASSIF

2004

Something Beautiful Remains

Something Beautiful Remains
The tide recedes but leaves behindbright seashells on the sand;The sun goes down, but gentle warmthstill lingers on the landThe music stops, and yet, it echos on in sweet refrain.For every joy that passessomething beautiful remains.
Tarek Nassif
2006

The Mystery Of The Stars

The Mystery of the Stars
Flames as high as a mountainlike an echo through the nightwith a color so mysteriousyet beautiful and brightShadows and silhouettesthrough the moonlight I seehow wonderful to knowhow alluring they can beA feeling, a touch, a sounda look and a breath so deepthat only the lightwill allow them to keepSo, when I gazeat the twinkling of the nightI thank the heavensfor the mysterious starsso beautiful and bright!
Tarek Nassif
2005

Moments Of Love

Moments Of Love
There's never a momentThat I'm not awareOf the needs that surround usAnd of those who care.There's never a momentThat love is not neededTo brighten our dayAnd show kinder feelings.There's never a momentIn everyone's lifeThat love can't shine brighterTo remove grief and strife.Love is the keyTo our living each daySo humbly receive itAnd freely give it away.
Tarek Nassif
2005

I am

I am
A gentle breeze, a sun caressA whiff of lilacs, a scent of cinnamonA sigh, a glanceA mind, a touchA solace, a promiseA hope, a musical noteA palette of color, a rainbowA cloud of down, a pillowA sunrise, a sunsetA smile, a child's giggleA stream rippling, a ray of sunA dewdrop, a soft whisperA bird's song, a twinkleA gem, a nugget of goldA beacon, a prizeA windmill, a wave undulatingA red, red rose, a touch of graceA love in motion, a giftYes.

Iam.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Winds Of The Soul

Winds of the Soul
Winds of the soul like a candle's burning fire,struggling to find its inner most desire: Two paths ahead lie in wait, one by choice and one by fate; for one will tempt and the other will guide, but no easy task and no easy ride. Temptations as deep as the passions of love, yet weakened by the purity and strength of a dove. The path to take is the one to keep,but remember the voices that weep. So when the winds of the soul are tormented by doubt and ravaged about,look to the skies for the answer thatnever lies.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Life's A Snowflake

Life'S A Snowflake
In the springwhen life was youngwe thought to venture'round the worldand explore the canyonsand mountains and cavesBut summer passed and burnedthe leaves and autumn turnedthe golden hair to silverand slowed the walk and dealt outlittle aches and painsthat let us knowwe could no longer climbthe old oak treeAnd now destiny strugglesin winter's death clutch.
Tarek Nassif
2005

A Gift From The Heart

A Gift From the Heart
A walk in the park, a touch in the darkever changing, flowing one into anotherspirits abound, sames are foundas entities on this good earth we sharewisdom, humor, feelingsfulfilling, a place in the heart,the mind and bodyyou bring a gentle sharing, awareness, completeness into my life,so simple yet complexlet us nurture and grow together.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Happiness Ahead
When the dark sets in,the light is yet to come.When the troubles come,the calm is yet to come.When the hurt is here,the heal is yet to come.When the saddness is here,the happiness is yet to come.The dark clouds will pass by,the sun will shine through,with rays of hope and light of another dream.When you se no turning,you may find a door to walk through.
Tarek Nassif
2006

Your Light

Your Light
Quietly, while you were asleep,So far away from me,The moon and I were talking.I asked that he'd always keepYou protected and safe for me.He promised you his light,That you gracefully carry.You bring me light, and you Shine like the morning.Then the wind pulled the Clouds across the moon. Your light filled the darkest room,And I can see the miracleThat keeps us going.
Tarek Nassif
2005

She Is

She Is

She is the one in my heart,
she is the one who brings out light from the dark.

She is someone i can never define,
she is the one always on my mind.

She is the one who brings out my inner style,
she is my reason to smile.

She is the one who keeps our love young,
for me, she is the only one.

She is the one who i believe,
she is the one i know can never deceive.

She is the one who declares her love so clear and loud,
she is the one who can drown out the crowd.

She is the one for whom i stay,
'' I Love You " is the only thing i can say..
to make things go our way.

TAREK NASSIF
2003

It's You

It's You

It's you ,after so long time.
Came to the dream border and,
lightend my dark meeting,
with Jasmine season.
Brought the life to my inside river.
Uproaring it with longing.
"I love you" .
You never said that even for once.
But that's all my self illusion,
to belive it was said.
It became in my life as a certainty.
Where from you came,
and all my life crossing closed.
Are you created from my chest?
From my Blood?
after being stored ,all those years.

Tarek Nassif
2003

Feelings

Feelings

Sometimes the feelings are hard to show,
sometimes they never let you go!

Sometimes they desperately ponder,
sometimes they make you lay all night awake and wonder!

My feelings know the real me,
what's living inside and outside me!

They know the depth of my heart,
they know from where i start!

They know the reason why i give,
they know for whom i live!

In the corner of my heart there is someone,
but i don't tell about him to everyone!

But it's hard to keep anything away from my feelings,
because they never let go of me,

And befor i know myself,
they know the real me!

TAREK NASSIF
2004

I'll Wait

I'll Wait

I'll wait with a beautiful patience
and a passion hope..
I'll wait
like the plain wait
the clouds love
and lay down on you my only love shadow
when it sleep
and when your footsteps
passes the immigrated roads
i send my heart
a peace messenger
to guard your pulse...so that
no dark silance pass over it
and if your lips felt thirsty
and the rain immigrated
i'll purge my water
in your soul hands
make it a love spring...which
will creat and send the life
again in your roots
and if the sadness touched you one day
and you felt the tight world
surrounding
i'll read to you one verse
from the love book
write the love code
knit the roses at your footsteps
and sometimes sings
the love dove songs..
I'll wait
even if my time passed me
and departing time arrive
i'll listen to your steps
and dream that..
only on your soul hand
the ends live .

Tarek Nassif
2004

Silk & Bells

Silk & Bells

At dawn the sun open
the tree country
and realease the birds
and at night
the moon lock them
and release the spirits..
Silk and Bells
i hear a woman voice
open the silent mountain door
takes the ivory lamps to
the temple and altar steps
then she sleep...the guards sleep.
Between...Silk and Bells
produced
lips...wine....lyre
body became mature
in an old man arms
knows the god wine
and the people wine.
Silk and Bells
creat what i see
and see what i creat
undress the secrets...and cover the secrets
i can win over the world
the moment the world losses
my language on the lips made of gold
or light of the flower in the dream tree
at the large memory border
the first memory..
Silk and Bells
I can climbe in the things garden
shine like the full moon
over water..
Dance over the red knife
between..
the earth and heaven.

Tarek Nassif
2004

Things Memory

Things Memory

Come close ..let me realize the things memory..and my memory.
Oh female..how to announce your love to the world
how to write you a poem..a text..a new version and madness.
A woman mastering the femininity drawing by letter
playing with the poet affairs in my body..
hiding the fear in my papers
and iam crazy with you..if i say : I love you.
I hanged our sins on the cave walls with pleasure.
Is it my fault when i feel the love.
I release my papers to the wind
wisper in the soul
come my soul rose..
Iam the mad..from your eyes wrot..the lovers poem
iam in passion..and when i reach to your eyes,
i forget all the songs i use to call in secret.
Love you with madness...whispering in the love cave alone..
longing to the water and your eyes..two sad rivers,
and iam a falling king removed from the water memory.
Walking with love for years to meet you
and the crown your both soft hands.
Come let us go to the love fast
you are more than the eye bloom...
my first and last memory.

Tarek Nassif
2004

My Everything

My body said you are my soul.
My flower said you are my fragnance.
My heart said you are my beat.
My eyes said you are my tears.
My love said you are my deepness.
My water said you are my thirst.
My life said you are my happiness.
My dream said you are my wish.
My soul said you are my everything.

Tarek Nassif
2004

Without You

Without You

The silence pinches me.
The wind haunts me.
Summer never ends.
Winter never starts.
My dreams are stolen.
My wishes are gone.
Leaves fall, tears drop.
Drop into as ocean-A never -ending ocean.
Sweet dreams, horrible nights.
Dark skies and lonely shadows.
I fall into an abyss of fire.
An abyss of darkness.
Trickling down my eyes comes the blood.
Where innocent water has vanished.
I am left far behind in Cupid's race.
And that is without you.
For with you , there is so much more...

TAREK NASSIF
2004

Be Fare For Once

Be Fare For Once

nothing left in between us to call it
our addresses lost
and the way ....the memory of the first house
nothing left in between us ...only this long emptiness
you are not what you are...you
and i...not what iam
i can do nothing
my blood is empty
my face color is empty
my feet are lost
every day i saw a gost in my dream
to the war field leads me
i saw my self dead there
running along the the space of my body
affraid of my tomorrow
nothing is left in between us to call it
let me arrange my self
and be fare ...for once in this life
our all wishes and hopes lost
i'll come to you
but where
iam faraway than you can think
i became a grave yard for wishes
became the base of it
became a remote song
trying to find a second life

Tarek Nassif
2004

I'll Be There

I'll Be There

When the walls within your world starts falling
count on me to help you put them up.
When love seems it's out of reach
look into my eyes and you'll see me you seek.
When life's treasures get buried
hand me a shovel and we'll dig them up.
When your body's needs aren't met
between your sheets i will creep.

Tarek Nassif
2004

Love You And Live

Love You And Live

I'll love you till the flowers talks about my love,
and draw your name on the moon surface,
write my love in a story
to be read by the whole beings..
As much i love you i live.
I see myself in you and i live.
I see the soul dancing like the kisses
on your lips.
I build my heaven on your forhead
and enter it in peace as a messenger.
I am the messenger of love in the dark period.
I am the one who confined his soul in your presence.
I am the traveler inside youe soul
carrying a letter written with love tears
asking to live in your
heart branches.. forever and ever.

Tarek Nassif
2004

The Mountain lamp

The Mountain Lamp

The cloud hit you
then the deep thunderbolt appears
and the sleeping trees woke up
Does the wind blood bloomes in the light circles?
The night silance is active
the death roads are filled
with black fog..
The terrified coldness rush
to your chest
and it was in flame
saw my winter
bleeding flowers... and a fire wheat.
How beautiful is my thunderbolt?
As it is flying...running to you
Oh.. love you
the mountain glory lamp
and love the laurel fighting
at your sides
forgot..
as i cut the horror in the trees
my stars
in your hands
called my body..stone
and says to my death
it is enough for the dawn to burn out
and stop it's smile
in your eyes.
Your face will remember me
when you see my blood
and the grass on it's corners
exchange it's lonlyness
in it's first village.

Tarek Nassif
2004

The Dream Woman

The Dream Woman

Suddenly she was shining in the middle of the soul
then she went hiding
on the way i crried...sent my face to the pain door.
I remember when she said come...
and she went absent
she was not like the one in the book
not even like the one in the cities
and not on the roads
i just remember the smell of her being
and a soft light appearing from the high window
like a night shining with a remote song
i heard her for a while when she
mixes the love in her songs
and then cross the hot silk...
I use to hear the weakness of the breath
hear the air silence
hear from the deep side of the heart
the taste of the meeting.
I had the courage
i called her
she signaled me...
come
and disappeared.

Tarek Nassif
2004

My Only Love

My Only Love

They asked me who is the one
you feel in your heart?
They asked me who is the one
you really love?
and if so , when she's away do you miss her
and if so , can you describe her in one word...
I thought to answer
i kept silent
i was afraid
i was worried
i could't find an answer
i went in silance.
Shall i describe the softness of your talks
or the deep love inside of you
when you are happy..or sad
God bless you..
Really iam afraid to talk about you
iam worried for you ..
I dont want anybody to know anything
about you..or be close to you
you are alone my love..
So how i can describe my love
only for me is..
your affectionate
your being.

Tarek Nassif
2004

Separation

Separation

Music trembling..
by my side
keeps it's fire colors
keep's it's flower
in my suspicious vase.
Music travels away from my world
dosen't come back in it's time
alone...
with step smell i stay
alone in the next day
my wings...dosen't read
dosen't write..
my wings in death
and my worrys almost ready
to kill it.
I didn't notice
how many misery drinks the coffee
how my blood
approches the empty cup
like my suspicious.
I know my madness
blows the sincere tune
and weeping a lot.
-The fire crys my bleeding pain-
The music
will vanish like a glory
the time has come for it
to defeat my soul..

Tarek Nassif
2004

Awaiting

Awaiting

Windows of this age awaiting.
Wishes emerging from flowers.
Bring the season stories till i come a bit.
Then enter my life season,
and write the love in your language.
You are the love above the love.
Bring your light and pass my body.
Hide your soul in my border,
and be the presance of my being.
Take a torch from my blood.
Light up the awaiting longing,
and stay.

Tarek Nassif
2004

Between Two Paradise

Between Two Paradise

Iam the traveler between your eyes
between this right and this left
thousand of gladness
abandoned my goods
and passed the sun strings in between them
carrying my worry on my hand palm
i'll rest in peace for an hour in between them
sending away my suffering
throwing my grief in a hole
between longing and longing...
I saw no sorrow...no star to disturbe me
feel the hunger..and i crave for your eyes
feel the thirst..and i crave for your eyes
and iam migrating between your eyes
in a sweet pride.
Please hear the good omen my sweet heart
it's me again..the wounded silance has come..
unsure to come forward or backward
but..they are both my paradise.

Tarek Nassif
2004

Missing You

Missing You

A little bit of you
and a little bit of me
have switched respective places
in a justifying ''we''
when miles come between us,
and our lives are drawn apart,
our thoughts remain together
tugging softly at the heart.
The emptiness that comes with
just the memory of your touch
stirs a feeling from within that says :
I miss you honey very much.

TAREK NASSIF

2004

Homeland

now the time is singing for us and crys
on the ship board
the waves draws it's bitter eternal marshing
what a hard feeling ...my soul lonesome
when it languished along the distance
my home getting away , i can't see my shores.
homeland - we are going towards the flame
for that we left behind our bleeding mother
be careful , cause the dark alarm saying:
we will never return
we will never see after this day
the hills of my homeland dancing with the wheat,the fields gold
and the homeland moon which i'll never see after this day
keeps us in an eternal misery.

Tarek Nassif
2004

Old Road

Old Road

Is everything considered
in our old road
while we walk and walk
do we meet one day in this road?
or both of us chained
do we cross those distances inspite of the chains
and talk about the day story..again
and we meeet in this road
do our soul love meet the life secret
or we are lost in the love meetings
do we run like young lovers do on the roads
and dance with the life wisper
do we cross those years
and break the hard chain
or both of us sad and chained
in this old road
in this existence.

Tarek Nassif
2004

Pride Of Love

Pride Of Love

You may flash in my mind as an idea
or i draw you a wish ..
or glance
i may feel your blessing swallowing me
or seek you as a daily poem in my songs
i may drink the wine in your forest
but i'll never listen to the stopping voice
wandering between
the shocking corridors.
I'll move in the love galleries
jailing in my self the love desire
and say time and time..
How much you want me.

Tarek Nassif
2004

Day Dream

Day Dream

You look at me and smile, Then take me in your arms, Hold me and I feel safe. You tell me that you love me, The sparks are about to fly, Here it comes: It's time to kiss, I tremble with excitement, And hope it will never end. Then I hear my name being called: Far away but getting closer, And suddenly you're gone, Back across the room. It was just a daydream. I look at you longingly, Then turn away, Only to return to reality .

Tarek Nassif
2004

The Shelter Of Your Eyes

The Shelter of Your Eyes
In telling you these secret wordsAll of my wounds will heal,So let me look into your eyesAnd tell you what I feel.So long and tedious was my roadIn search of something real,So cold I felt and so aloneThat I lost all my zeal.At once I felt unchained and freeWhen my gaze caught your eyes,I sailed through oceans deep and calmI floated in the skies.In there I stayed and wish to liveUntil our cheap world dies,So if you're lost just seek my heartIt's where your presence lies.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Home Of Angels

Home of Angels
Beyond the spring, past the brook; well beyond a place called home, Angels play in a world of white where the snow is never cold. Back towards home yet still far away; the pass beyond the Glade, the flowers wither as pixies become sick, hope lives where the Angels dwell. Once again back on the path; stopping before the brook; where trees die beforethey can live and no one knows of gnomes,a world of Angels is unknown. Home at last! Breathing in smog, as oilburns while laying roads; a human child dreams of a place where Angel's play, A place so very far away from home.
Tarek Nassif
2006

The Life Goddess

The Leaf Goddess
August,,2005,, Damascus
Gracious grounds her feet touchedAnd her scent she left, mixed with the scents of trees,Flying around over airy spaces. . .Rain, she touched, Turned it into dew Under the dim light of hope.Following her senses,Following where her heart lead her,She flew, Through the green woods ahead,Gone to lands of undiscovered tribes Where waters flowed in vibrant motions,In quest of a world, an underworld.Artistically ironically she was going on. . .Revolving in violent storms that lived with herLeft silky lines drawn along the curves of her face.Still she knew not where she was going."Do not wait for me" she whispered. . . "Do not".
Tarek Nassif
2005

Wishes

Wishes
I dream of the day of peace of mindWhen worries are not of goldWhen happiness flows like rushing streamsAnd the days have not yet grown old.I dream of the day of peace on earthWhen the last hunger pain will ceaseWhen the homeless have smiles and a roof overheadAnd man has comforted the beast.I dream of the day when love's all aroundWith the elders as safe as the strongWhen the violence will stop and the fist put to restAnd the lonely find where they belong.I dream of the day when my dreams all come trueAnd life stops hurting so muchWith warmth and smiles and justice and peaceAnd love for all within touch.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Tears Of Heaven

Tears of Heaven
The deafening roar of the windblasts through her ears.The clouds part and the rain falls,plasters her hair to her face.Tiny rivers soak into her skinsoaking her clothes.She dont run for cover.The rain cleanses her
of her guilt and her fears.It makes her feel alive.She stretch her arms towards Heavenasking for more.Thats all they can givefor now.Out of nowhere the sun comes out.In seconds she is dry.It shines on her face,brings a sparkle to her dark eyes.She is so happy she start to cry.Happy tears are what she call them.
Tarek Nassif
2005

The Yearning

The Yearning
She walked toward him,With love in her heart.He did not notice her feelings,But smiled with fun.She told him how she feltHe laughed at her and walked away.She never thought she'd hear his voice again,Until two months laterWhen he asked her to marry.She refused for she could not afford to haveHer heart broken once again.He said he understoodWhile inside he cried.And still this day,He yearns for the girl's eternal love.He regrets the way he treated her.But the girl still secretly loves himShe's waiting for the day she gets the courage to tell him...
Tarek Nassif
2006

Sentiment

Sentiment

I need a heart to keeps me worried,
disturbes me,
keeps me busy,
burns my interior,
attacks my deepest land,
travels through,
my longing streets.

Tarek Nassif
2005

Words Of Deliverance

Words Of Deliverance
Petrified,Walking down a ravine of my memories,Lost in the dark hue of the oceanThat outstretched across the horizonDancing to a multitude of delights,I was melting into thoughts of you. . .Your voice washed over my bodyDrew lines on my soul Like dreams of ecstasyEloquently painted in shades of cream. . .In your eyes, burnt a shy passionate fireIntermingled with the moonlight magic gleamEnticed meThat I bathed in the glory of your eternal tides. . .Like rain falling upon the undulating landI fell for you. . .Like music rising in the note You captured my existence. . .
Tarek Nassif
2005

The Bird Who Couldnt Fly

The Bird Who Couldn't Fly
The little bird was placed in a golden cage.When the birds outside peeped through the windowHis owner shut it and let the curtains down.He fed him and decorated his cageBut the bird lived in a dark golden cage.When the little bird tried to whistle back to the birds outsideHe was beaten.Yet the owner "loved" him and told him not to crybecause the birds outside would harm him if he went outside.He fed him and sang to him everydayBut the bird still lived in a dark golden cage.One day, his owner decided he was too old toCare for the birdSo he let the little bird out.The now happy bird was surrounded by his friendsWho asked him to join them in the skyBut the little bird couldn't fly...
Tarek Nassif
2005

A Love Like Theirs

A love Like theirs

A love like theirs is something true,
but i wish instead of them , it were me and you.

I hope one day you realize , by looking into my eyes,
that how much i love you .
And i hope you'll be surprised and will take this love seriously,
not thinking all i said and meant were lies.

Sometimes i feel so small,
that's when i need you most of all.

I'll work night and day,
to find some way to get to your heart,
and that will be the start.

You're the one who makes my day bright,
you're my beacon, you're my light.

I feel safe when you're around.
And that's when i feel something lost has been found.

I want to end up in your arms,
and want to feel your love and charm.

Now this is where i belong,
and this is the end to my song.

TAREK NASSIF

2005

Tears

Tears
Your face is a deserted two second,
And two secondsfighting silence.
And this coldness in the heart,
and the time is continuous.
And we alone...the song
deserted our ships.
Became the forgoten future.
The time that never come back.
We alone , infront of the wave,
beggingthe waves latters.
And the holy wave ...bathing
with her eyes silky tears.

Tarek Nassif
22/04/2004

Eyes

Eyes
Discovering, I pull myself into her eyes.Beyond my reflection, I bathe in a tempest of thought.A man Homer, I set sail in epic journey.On the seas of her mind, I am tossed like cork.I seek the answer to a thousand questions.Past, present and future are one, as I strain to breathe.The world seems to stop as she is my anchor.To let go would be to fall from the edge of life,And be eaten by the dragons in my mind.As the darkness turns to morning light,Questions remain, as does my reflection in her eyes.It was there, in her eyes, that I found myself.
Tarek Nassif
2006

Holding On

Holding On
How long can we hold on,how hard is it to forget what's now gone.Good times and people are beginning to fade,now we must deal with the mistakes we've made.Happiness and love both gone,how much longer can we hold on?Tears and pain replace our dreams,life without love is how it seems.Loss of direction, and a weakening will,an empty heart only love can fill.Day by day the heartache remains,still surviving, but living with the pain.Faithfully searching for that perfect mate,somehow always being opposed by fate.Most is lost, but all not gone,how much longer can we hold on?
Tarek Nassif
2006

The Dancing Queen

The Dancing Queen
August 2005,,Abu Dhabi
She dances on the wavesLike Lilies streaming in the water.She prowls the seaWhere eternity seems to linger,Where the beginning and the end disappear,Where the old and the new together mingle.Like Fire burning in a touch of spaceThe pebbles softly shimmerAnd her eyes sparkle like crystal.Orange are her sands,Yellow is her sun,Blue is her sky, her sea and her eyes,Rhyme, alliteration and more.She who travels twilight orbs I can not seeMade me sail through the secondsThrough floods of vision,Storms of emotion.To be with her, In this serene hueIn her serene hue.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Good Bye

Good bye
I'm leaving, I cannot pretendI'm going and saying "Good bye"and though I will know you might not understandI won't turn around, you won't see me cryI'm looking ahead but I cannot seeI'm looking behind and I can't rememberFor what is ahead I cannot beAnd what is behind I cannot surrenderI'm facing the truth from a single directionI make a step forward and whisper "Good bye"And though in my heart I see your reflectionI know I had lived in a beautiful lieBut why do I say, against my willIf I had the chance I'd be there still.
Tarek Nassif
2006

On A Moon Lite Night

On a Moon lite Night
On a moon lite night,He stares into the sky,The clouds looks like mountain,Against the summer's night glow.The night air was mellow,With a gentle breeze in the air,It had a sweet essence,Like the smell of her hair.A shooting star passes over head,As a tear drops falls to the ground,Carved initals in their tree,Where love was once found.He looks back up into the heavens,The glow of the moon begins to fade,His love is lost for now,And emotions must be relaid.
Tarek Nassif
2005

The Nature Of You

The Nature Of You
As the thunderous clouds explode in the skyThe rain quietly washes away all my worries,It brings my heart to you.As the pounding waves of the ocean take me to new heightsThe water softly touches my skin,It brings my body to you.As the torrid rays of the sun wrap my body in their warmthThe wind gently caresses my entire being,It brings my soul to you.As I feel the world around me,Only the glorious gifts of natureCan compare to you.
Tarek Nassif
2005

My Soul Mate

My Soul Mate

Looking at your pictures at this time. Made me shiver breathless emotions so deep. Only in dreams except this is and it was real. My heart beatings faster your sight leaves me weak. Once a fiction of my imagination now your here. Love so deep so profond leaves one's heart yearning, Longing reaching out no matter the distance. Souls surrender and embrace such a moment capturing, Each and every seconds as though it be the last. Reflections of you and me the water falls sunsets. Our hearts pounding so fast Reliving these moments in time endless in my mind. You captured this heart of the soul of mine. Your eyes shining glowing like stars in the night. Passion revealed sealed with a timeless kiss, You my love i so sherish. A one moment in time with you im remembering, This piece of my heart and soul missing. Your holding forever my love for you is never ending. You are my soul mate to only you im devoted. My love my angel lets make, this our once in a life time. To last for eternity our journey, Our path and destiny to hold treasure ingraved in gold. Sealed in our hearts minds and souls.

Tarek Nassif
2005

Miracles By You

Miracles By You
July,, 2005,, Abu Dhabi
You came unto meIn the silence of the nightAnd stole into my heartLike morning light unto earth;Ravished me with beautyIn thought, in dreams...In fancy, in fact.You breathed unto meThe softest of wordsLeft me hanging over youLike grapes on the vine;Roused meIn touch, in emotion...In moments of Elation.You devoured unto meThat I could almostHear your voiceAmidst the sounds of nature;Shaken meOut of my sorrow...Into your world of ardor.
Tarek Nassif
2005

If I could

If I could
If I could mend broken hearts,changed moanings into smiles,and sighs into joyfulness,bring joy and happinesswhere is pain and sickness;Give life to the moribund,make abundance where is famine,and turn anguish into pleasure,put love into people's heartsto fill the world without measure;If I could make miraclesconverting the impossible into reality,making peace around the world,understanding and compassion,respect and unity...All of that I would do,if God gave me power,with gladness and determination,as with Him all is possiblein happiness and transformation.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Come A round Again

Come Around Again
I wonder why u don't come around anymore,Without you life seems to be a shut door,Remembering every moment when you smiled,Looking more innocent then a little child,Now im left without you, and my heart,Because you had stolen it from the start,I wish things would be as they used to be,Wish you would come back to me,Your memories help me survive,Now they are the only reasons I'm alive,My arms are still open to you,I wish you would see my feelings are true,In my heart theres always hope for you and I,The hope will be there until the day I die,All you have to do is smile,And just that about you, drives me wild,Do you think my love is a lie,Then why do u think about me and cry?,You have left me lost, confused, and unsure,Wondering why you don't come around anymore.
Tarek Nassif

2006

The Light

The Light
the light broke through the cloudson the cold winter nightshattering the silencedazzling those of mightpiercing through the jaded hazeguiding the lost through the mazeto a new found kingdom everlastingthe Angels down uponfrom the heavenly skieswarming the hearts and mindsforgiving all of the liesshowing to us a brand new wayguided by the shining raytoward the kingdom salvationthe wind blew the wordthe rain spread the soundthe heat melted the heartand the world turned around.
Tarek Nassif
2006

Eternal seasons

Eternal Seasons
This spring brought many treasuresto the meadows and the hills,and in our hearts there blossomedthe yellow daffodilsThe summer rendered newnessupon the forest green,from bumble bee to berryand all of life between.And now we're in the autumnof life and season tooit's time to shed, like leaves,life's moments, just a fewWinter white will not delaywith her diamond blanket, snowher wintry hand will cool earth's soulbut not the love we've come to know,Each season comes and paints our lifewith sights and feelings newFew things remain as ever,Love, eternity and you.
Tarek Nassif
2006

Your Smile

Your smile
I love to hear the thunder clap,Clap in full fury,I love to see the lightning flash,In eye-blinding glory.I love to see the rain drops dance,And glide on wings of air,I love to see Nature enhance,The song the rainbow sings.I love to feel the cool, moist air,Fanning me all through,Glidingly combing my hair,In a way, I wish, I knew.All these sights, medley of sounds,Mean to me all the more,When I see you, standing there,Smiling, at the door.The charm you lend to everything,With that welcoming lovely smile,Makes everything look like paradise,For now, for all the while.
Tarek Nassif
2005

The Writer's Voice

The Writer's Voice
At any age life is lived a page at a timeOne chapter closes, another opensEverybody has a story so fineAn auto-biography, I, Tarek NassifWas born to write my legacy by the trade mark giftGiven to me by the power of the spirit of GodPrayer is of God's presenceTime is of the essenceTrade mark gifts from God are likeThe nostalgia rivers that roll on by as a Man, I could see a magical beauty never to be forgottenWe are all like a nostalgia riverWe must follow God's trade mark gifts to flow onward,Rolling on by, never to stand still, never to die,and allow our darkest nightsto be as bright as the sun to shine for others.
Tarek Nassif
2006

Sweet Angel

Sweet Angel
My sweet angel in the skyDon't be afraid to spread your wings and flyFor everything your heart desires to beIs close at hand for you to seeJust take one day at a time And all that follows will be fineI know you're strong and can handle it allSo don't be overcome if you happen to fallJust get back up on your feetAnd never ever give in to defeatEmbrace the knowledge and wisdom you holdAs it will lead you to a life that's as precious as goldOne that's filled with happiness, success and loveSent to you from the heavens above. .
Tarek Nassif
2006

Dancing With You

Dancing With You
I woke up this morning in a wonderful wayholding the memory of a beautiful day,knowing you want me - sharing so much,wonderful words - an exquisite touch.But there's something else I'd like to do.I want to have a slow dance with you -a really slow dance to last all the nightsfloating through time just holding you tight.A dance with no music except in our mindsA beat of two hearts keeping the time.No rock and roll baby, no fast Sandy SueA slow song of passion, so Rich and so blue.So lie here beside me and if by some chanceyour soul hears the music of this lover's danceI'll hold you forever and I'll let you knowthat the song's never over, 'cause we're dancing it slow.
Tarek Nassif
2005

The Evening Tide

The Evening Tide
The day was moving slowly away,As we watch the sunset go by,Ocean waves moving softly to shore,As we watch the evening tide.How vast are the ocean's waters,How deep can feelings go,Can love and romance truely exist,In the same way that the ocean waters flow.I thought about the ocean's current,How strong that it's bond must be,To overcome all the other elements,That must be the picture of you and me.This I pondered as we walked,As I pulled you close by my side,With the stars shinning over our harbor,As we watch the evening tide.
Tarek Nassif
2005

The Rose

The Rose
August 2005,,Abu Dhabi
Silky Soft, Dark lovely complexionAlways Sparkle and Shine,In shades of deep reds and grays,The Rose lies sovereignOn waters untroubled.In euphoric rhythmic fables She dances - Between my poetic linesOn waters untroubled.She roams Dark valleysHills and meadows, prairies of green.She floats in the airTo lands of lord and queen.She wears the scent That- for many centuries -Left men in marvel.She does her mystiqueIn her many veiled waysAnd comes back,To dance her dance,On waters untroubled.
Tarek Nassif
2005

My Heart Dances

My Heart Dances
My heart dances,for love has touched my soul.It fills that place that has been empty forso long,and gives me hope and strength to look beyound today.My heart dances,for your love has touched my soul,it gives me new vision, and life,while longing for your smile.My heart dances,for loving you feels so right,as happiness fills my soul,when i can tell you,I LOVE YOU!My heart dances,for love has given us the freedom,to love so deeply,so completely,in a way that neither has ever known.
Tarek Nassif
2005

The Silent River

The Silent River
A silent river runs through our livesand surges through our soulsIt is the silent river of lovethat guides us through a bad dayIt is the silent river of hopethat saves us from despairIt is the silent river of faiththat keeps us on courseThe silent river flows constantfrom the teachings of our childhoodThe silent river flows clean and purebecause it cannot be contaminatedThe silent river of loveand hope and faith is there for allThe silent river will unleash its powersin our lives if only we will let it.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Thinking Of You

Thinking of You
I lie awake on a starry nightDreaming of your faceAnd every morning fresh with dew,I long for your embrace.I don't even know if you are realBut your name alone does speakTo heal the longing in my heartThat once was so quiet and meek. But even if I can't see you.I thank you for your loveAnd I know we will meet somedayIn that great kingdom above.So in your heart remember meAs I will remember you.And I will leave you a kissAs sweet as the mornings dew.
Tarek Nassif
2006

My Heaven

My Heaven
The stars, whose sparkles float on high,Do dim, and pray my heart goodbye.They promise me return; but ISee emptiness in day's dark sky.Yet one star shines with all love's might,For heaven's prize withstands each night.Its glow does never 'scape my sightIn clouds, in rain, in dawnbreak light.This star, an angel's heart, does shine,Continues love's eternal sign,Two souls froze on forever's line.So twinkle, tiny star above,Embrace this very pulse of love,And angel, take this heart of mine.
Tarek Nassif
2006

Cleansing Tears

Cleansing Tears
Pale red fills the sky at dusk,The moon breaks through the clouds,Shedding a radiant light on all.Sitting while the breeze sings around you,A chill runs up your spine,You feel the presence of tension,Straining to see the stars,Holding on to what is lost,The diamonds taunt you,Daring you to fly up and retrieve them,Pearls fall from your icy eyes,Tears of confusion, tears of sorrow,Pressure makes your heart break,Your mind lets down it's shield,Knives whip through it,Piercing everything you loved,They shatter like the broken silence,The pieces are too small to be saved,Let them fall away from you,Start over and cleanse yourself.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Flower Of The Vines

Flower of the Vines
Better things have happened,None have shed more tears than thus,It's like the flower in the dead of winter,Torn between two vines, Loving only one,The other funereal, knowingly broken,Like the tree who stands in snow,Deprived of green leaves,Those deceased and brown scattered around its roots,The roots that are bygone and cadaverous,Who might never look beguiled again,When who shall hunt the deer under this tree?Its dark, limp body fallen against the pure ground,Blood drenching the flower and vines,It's breath ever growing,Showering the world in desolate melancholy,To desire only one thing,But to be awoken in a hellish fantasy.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Into You

In Too You
Into you like a hand in a glove,Into you like the sky is above.Into you and what a feeling,Into you i'm on top of the ceiling.Into you like water in the ocean,Into you I like your motion.Into you like sand in a hour glass,Into you because I can't let the moment pass.The earth,the elements,and you are all in touch,Into you because I love you so much.The sand and the sea,You and me,Like water and ice,Our togetherness is right.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Missing Your Eyes
How could your eyes not find meStanding in the center of the room?How could your eyes not see meSinging out through all the gloom?A thousand eyes or so it seemedWatched me all aloneBut you it seems could not seeThe love I have shownYour eyes were not my beaconOf everlasting hopeYour eyes were not the point I sawWithout them I could not copeI could not find your eyesBecause it seems to meYou've finally become what I always wantedYou've become a part of me.
Tarek Nassif
2005

I'll Be Missing You

I'll Be Missing you

When I think of youI think of love.It's a good feelingfrom Heaven up above.I wish you could stay,but I know you must go,and please still rememberthat I love you so.Is this a dream?Oh, how I wish it could be.Now every single dayI'll imagine you're here with me.Each and every daywhen you're not here,I'll be staring at the door,praying to God that you appear.If you love me,please keep me in your heart,and, as time passes on,we'll never grow apart.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Hope

Hope
I gaze into her saddend eyesand the tears that filled themcaught me by surprise.I know not what she yearned for,as I stared beyond her brown eyes.However, all I saw was alittle soul, lost in the darkenedmoments of time.I saw a little heart broken,that, merely love could mend.I saw a spirit shatteredby childhood nightmaresand fearful dreams....I gaze into her brown eyes,a little girl sitting there. I saw a small flame in her soul burning, yet, dying slowly.That of which only hope could revive.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Freedom
Over the hills, interweaving, Winter's Breath slowly receiding, dancing and singing into the Night, trying to find our Holy Light, casting shadows upon the wall, ghosts of the past walking down the hall. Open your eyes, try to see, the only way to live, is to live Free. Chanting and Smiling, when life gets Hot, a powerful erge to smoke the pot.Lost to be Found, look all around,Move your spirits to the Earth's Sound.
Tarek Nassif
2006

Why Am I Here?

Why am I here?
What have I lost and what have I foundIn this future once far that now seems so nearOr that past to which my heart is boundWhy am I here?What in my life did I discover?I ask and shiver in fearThat what I have found is only a coverAnd I'm standing here.With wondering brainI try to remember what is that pain?That I won't let go and I won't surrender.I see my life flying awayAnd parts of myself are scattered before meBut I will not go, because I want to stayThe years are just my opponentI will not obey, I know why I'm hereTime might have the swayBut I have this moment!
Tarek Nassif
2006

Love

Love
I stand and i look into your eyes and to myown surprise i see, love.I examine your personality, only to be captured by your anxiety, it's love.I seep into the arms of your soul and realize that it can hold all of my existence, love.I soak into the core of your mind and i find that it is filled with the thoughts of time, love.I slide into the depths of your heart and then i feel it racing after me beat after beat, it's l-o-v-e.I come back to my own reality and find myself in your arms holding me close.
Tarek Nassif
2005

How Did I Fall In Love With You

How Did I Fall In Love With You
How did I fall in love with you?I can't decide for the life of me,For the rest of me , for the love of me,Was I in love with that incandescent smiles,That spoke of a thousand tomorrows,And more beyond,Or was it the twinkle in your starry eyes,That promised a thousand rainbows ,After the rain. . .Was it how you held my hands,That secured the innermost doubts in me,Or was it the way you kissed me,Under the star-filled nightHow did I fall in love with you?I can't decide for the love of me,For the rest of me,For the love of me.
Tarek Nassif
2006

When I'm Not There

When I'M Not There
I've seen the smile bright and pureI've touched the hands trusting yet unsure.I've watched the laughter and the tears I've tried to wash away the fears.I've gazed into eyes so bright and freeI've laughed with someone who is so like me.I've held a hand that trembled with fright and dispelled a dream within the night.Night after night I say a prayerThat angels are watching when I'm not there.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Love

Love
The sun shining on a hot summer dayCurling up in front of the fireplace on a cold winter nightHearing the rain hit the roof when you're lying in bedNone of these compare to being with you Seeing the sun set on a white sandy beachA rainbow that crosses the entire skyLooking up in time to see a shooting star streak across the skyNone of these compare to seeing you Hearing your favorite song on the radioBeing with your friend and familyDancing in the rain, your first kissNone of these compare to talking to you I guess what I'm trying to say itNothing compares to you.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Human Nature

Human Nature
Only living to tortureOnly dying by hate Ever seeking pleasureBut to love was not your fate.Always creating to destroyAlways hurting to protectThe tremendous pains of a little boyWho's in a hurry to forget.Never knowing the pain we've causeOr the hearst we've cleft intoWishing our lives could be pausedTo make a wise choice or two.Sometimes living happilyOther times drowning in despairGrasping upward desperatelyPleading for some air.
Tarek Nassif
2006

Why

Why
Is why a questionFor which there is no answer toWhy and the question markThe unknown bothers youAn explanation of a reasonIn which why is always in the gameIt is the old cause and effectBecause why can point out the blameWhen reasons and actionsMust have their due for the dayAt the starting point will be whyAs you ponder the question and sigh.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Why

Why
Is why a questionFor which there is no answer toWhy and the question markThe unknown bothers youAn explanation of a reasonIn which why is always in the gameIt is the old cause and effectBecause why can point out the blameWhen reasons and actionsMust have their due for the dayAt the starting point will be whyAs you ponder the question and sigh.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Human Nature

Human Nature
Only living to tortureOnly dying by hate Ever seeking pleasureBut to love was not your fate.Always creating to destroyAlways hurting to protectThe tremendous pains of a little boyWho's in a hurry to forget.Never knowing the pain we've causeOr the hearst we've cleft intoWishing our lives could be pausedTo make a wise choice or two.Sometimes living happilyOther times drowning in despairGrasping upward desperatelyPleading for some air.
Tarek Nassif
2006

Feelings On Paper

Feelings on paper
I've read for the greatest loversAnd heard poets sing what they feelTalented artists creating the coversSo beautiful and so unrealAnd I wonder if I'm wrongIn my simple conclusionWhy are feelings on paper so strong?When in fact they are only illusionWe experience love, hate, and passionChanged with one move of the eraserWe create new trends in fashionAnd we live, but only on paper.
Tarek Nassif
2006

Mother Land Wait For Me

Mother Land Wait For Me
september of 2005 Abu Dhabi
Mother Land wait for me,Because I have left you one mornAnd left my heart buried in your soils.Wait for me,Because to your greens I want to comeAnd in your branches I want to dwellIn your leaves I want to sleep.I want to bathe in your riversAnd wash my soul in your rainAnd dance on the beaches under the sunAnd wander in your forestsRide your camels on a land that only knowsThe courage of its people.Wait for me Mother Land .I left my heart with youAnd it is calling out for me.Wait for me, I am comingOnly I will take some time,But I am coming back to youSomeday.
Tarek Nassif
2006

Undone

Undone
Do not give me the blessing of life,my life is not yet fulfilled...I am the talk that was left unsaidI am the night that never passedI am the sand castle that was destroyed by a waveI am the house that was never builtI am the thirst that was never quenchedI am the fire that was never litI am the story that was never readI am the song that was never sungI am the journey that was never travelledI am the war that was never wonI am the love no heart receivedI am the truth left unheardI am the peace that was never foundI am the life that was never lived.People believe in living,I don't believe in life.
Tarek Nassif
2006

Found My Angel
Dancing with an angelWith a question of surprise Searching thoughout my soulWith her deep mysterious eyes.Playing on my heartstringsMusic only heard by meA melody totally newBut strangly familiar to me.Even more familiarIs the look within her eyesHer constant pondering and seachingThrough this soul that I call mine.Finding questions and answers That I thought did not existOnly then did I realizeI had found what I had missed.
Tarek Nassif
2006

Untamed Heart

Untamed Heart
into the darkness i gaze upon your eyes.so wild and free,take me with you into the night.i can only sense your heart,it beats a melody,for only i can hear the sounds of joy,that get lost into the night.and i could never trap you,or hold you in a bind that's tight.you were meant to be free,and if you choose to be with me,then with my love i'll hold you upand carry you into the night.
Tarek Nassif
2005

If

If
If I ever see you againMaybe I could tell you The things that I could not sayThose words that you wanted to hearThat somehow escape me that dayIf I ever see you againMaybe the time would pass by real slowSo the old memories could re-igniteAnd the passion would begin to flowBut maybe we can't go backTo do all of those things that lover doMaybe to much time has passTo try and reviewIf I ever see you againTo relive one of those thousand tomarrowsMaybe I could say those three wordsAnd cure all of the past sorrow.
Tarek Nassif
2005

If

If
If I ever see you againMaybe I could tell you The things that I could not sayThose words that you wanted to hearThat somehow escape me that dayIf I ever see you againMaybe the time would pass by real slowSo the old memories could re-igniteAnd the passion would begin to flowBut maybe we can't go backTo do all of those things that lover doMaybe to much time has passTo try and reviewIf I ever see you againTo relive one of those thousand tomarrowsMaybe I could say those three wordsAnd cure all of the past sorrow.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Street Signs

Street Signs
Walking along on the defying street,I come to the unsafe corner,Deserted it stands, Waiting for someone like me to walk by,Thinking for a while,I begin to go forward once again,The street sign changes as I pass,My heart is confused,Yet I stand there knowing everything,I know the color of your eyes,The gray that connects to your soul,I know the longing in your mind,That only wants to escape this room,How can I help you now?When you're locked up, away from thine eyes?I cannot explain to you my heart,Nor can you explain your insanity.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Always Will I Hate You

Always Will I Hate You
Never again will you hear my voice,Without my cheer what will you do?One less body to fill this world,Not many will I be missed by,You should've let me live,Live on my own terms and plights.Holding onto me was a mistake,A lesson learned the hardest way,Impossible to reconcile now,I am gone with the leaves in winter,With the blood on the dagger,My picture lay frozen in time,As though I never grew older,All around me times change,Yet there I sit, happy as ever,Then there's you, always scowling,I detest you ever still,Always will I hate you,Always.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Beacon Hill

Beacon Hill
The lights glimmering through the swaying brancheson a cool spring night.The chilly mild breeze gently flowing around the earth,far beyond, the cottage stands tall on the edge of Beacon Hill.The dark night sky is now above me,the sun that was once so bright, now hides behind the hill.Though, my room is circled by a draught,the view brings a feeling of warmth.I thought I'd fallen asleep and found that I was still awake.I discovered that beautiful worlds are not onlyfound in your sleep.You can find them by looking out of any ordinary window,you just need an eye to see.
Tarek Nassif
2006

Hidden In Shadows

Hidden In the Shadows
Is a poor helpless girlShe screams out in terrorYet no one can hear a soundShe reaches out in fear butThere's no one to take her handTears stream down her cheeksLooking around there's no one to wipe her faceShe longs to step out of the shadows,For the light to hit her faceBut everytime she takes a peek out,the world beyond scares her.Loud youths rushing by,Gunshots sounding off in the distance,Blood running into the drainsSirens heading closerShe steps back into the shadowsAnd disappears in them again.
Tarek Nassif
2006

Explosion

Explosion
When we are together and I fold you into myself,the universe eruptsand I am borne away on the singing windsof the ultimate fulfillment.We ascend to the heavens together,flying on the wings of soaring eaglesand clinging to the streaking tailsof shooting stars.Then, together, we know the joy,the unequaled exhiliration,of floating backinto our own realm when dying starspale into sweet oblivion.
Tarek Nassif
2005

Journey

Journey
Words never ending may come from the air, it's the poets job to place them with care, into ryhme or into reason, flowing together like each new season. The pen stroke a chance to tell a tale,many will succeed, others will fail. Ink a force to make people cry, or a set of wingsto help them fly. So every poem is a quest of mind, all seeking the answer to find. Poets are just brands in the flame, each of us seekinga piece of history to claim.
Tarek Nassif
2006

Whispers

Whispers
Insufficently living, going on despite the pain, take a step into tomorrow where there''s hope to gain. Life without madnessdoesn''t work at all, what fun is the climb if you never get to fall? Questions, questions, so many questions, to anyone listening do you have any suggestions? Whathappens in the end? Where should we go? Idon''t have the answers and I doubt that youknow. Learning and dreaming our way through this place, filling the void, this empty space.
Tarek Nassif
2006

Choice

Choice
Life has a lot of directionsIt's always hard to choseAnd since there's no place for correctionYou either win or loseDon't blame mistakes on destinationChance is illusion you cannot attackAnd your own road is your creationYou can go further but you can't go backSo when confused does your mind bendDoubt and fear the heart embraceRemember this- all roads lead to one endBut not all steps leave the same trace.
Tarek Nassif
2006

The Saint Lady
Beginning of september 2005
She was the wonder of my worldThe sacred sculpture in my templeThe standing rock in my ocean. . .Even now that the earth blankets herAs I began to believe she was gone,I had a dream that she did not vanish-Fresh garlands adorned her silken curlsShe swayed in her white dress,She danced lightly to the rhythm of the falling cascades.Slid down the purple hills in to the desert,Crossed over the rivers of life, under the lanes of eternity.And then she comes back to meOut of that somewhere we dare not imagine She softly croons Songs of the sun, lullabies of the night,Whispers in my sleep the words I already knew:"I live everyday every night is born,I am just whitely invisible. . .to you, my love " She whispers.
Tarek Nassif

2005