Ibn Ali Poems

This darkness
It has teeth and claws
No heart
How could it have a heart
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Cannibalistic hugs consume you
As if I were trying to merge our souls by force
And in failing become Siamese
A single body, two beating hearts
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Nicotined widows reminisce,
Dainty dragons bellow mist,
A cacophony of baritone moans, coughs and sniffs,
The dawn chorus,
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She's the dream you try not to wake from, then you're woken, and can't get back to sleep, no matter how hard you try,
That's the analogy of us,
She'll never know,
That's how much I think about her,
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Perspiring Eyes Nostalgic,
Blinded by reminiscence,
Indulgence in yesterday,
It began with stolen glances,
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We're taught that everything white is beautiful
And all that's black is blemished
All that's fair is pure
And every dark thing is devilish 
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I'm only joking
Yes
See the truth cocooned in jest
So it emerges in flight a butterfly
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Please forgive me,
If I've ever said to you a hurtful word
Or upset you with something you've heard,
If my actions have caused you to frown,
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We'll always have Eindhoven,
I remember,
It took an age to get there,
I crossed a sea it seemed as if it took me years to get there,
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I'm sorry I had you so late in life,
Your mother and I met at a later stage in life,
Thoughts of you kept me awake at night,
Sometimes,
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