Category: relatioNships

to love again

~ Sonya Kassam ~ 10 Comments

it is easy to love again it is even more easy to forget why you stopped loving in the first place

North of your Soul

~ Sonya Kassam ~ 18 Comments

Last night, I dreamt. I was in an open field and there was a spoken word poetry performance, the whole audience was involved with impromptu but co-ordinated dance steps. There was only one poem and I loved its title North of your Soul. In fact I was upset that the title was already used, more … Continue reading North of your Soul

my senses

~ Sonya Kassam ~ 20 Comments

my tongue tastes the sweetness of your breath ears yield to gentle whispers skin shivers at the thought of your warm scent I avert my eyes as you gaze knowingly ** let Him take away my humanity my sanity my intellectuality even my reality but if He deprives me any of my senses I shall … Continue reading my senses

Return to Yesterday

~ Sonya Kassam ~ 6 Comments

I would return to yesterday If today ever ended If tomorrow never came If I could predict my past If I could escape eternity If time was my slave And I were the mistress I would bid it "stop!" Any time you are my guest If I could visit those days When you got to know me … Continue reading Return to Yesterday

the pedestal cracks

~ Sonya Kassam ~ 19 Comments

I have not written about the place of a woman in society before. Simply because I never knew what to say. Then I came across an article which had some stunning photos, and I found the words....these words... woman created as a symbol of fertility an inspiration for architecture a cradle for divinity a source of … Continue reading the pedestal cracks

Never Too Late

~ Sonya Kassam ~ 7 Comments

Never too late to forgive Nor too soon to forget what you cannot forgive, you must forget what you cannot forget ... forgive

Alone, Alone I Will Go

~ Sonya Kassam ~ 24 Comments

This week's Dungeon Prompts challenge is Until Our Last Breath. What would I imagine thinking about as I take my final breaths. This is not something I tend to write about, and whatever did form in my mind made me cry and was too personal to share. If you notice with my poetry, I don't … Continue reading Alone, Alone I Will Go

True Strength

~ Sonya Kassam ~ 3 Comments

the cunning prey feigned submission as predator eased its guard their roles reversed true strength surely lies in one's mind (somehow I connect this with many relationships)

ever after

~ Sonya Kassam ~ 8 Comments

If ever after is not enough I will hold time from reaching its final day when memories disintegrate and death holds her breath

when heaven sanctions…

~ Sonya Kassam ~ 4 Comments

veiled by light's rays a weave of selected surahs* protecting her henna meticulously applied by houris overcome by modesty bridal verses recited as the groom awaits his heavenly match a marriage so unique ~ we identify light as revealing, but in this rare bond God's noor (light) acts as a veil *surah - a chapter … Continue reading when heaven sanctions…