SUN SHINING AND SMILING

SUN SHINING AND SMILING

I walk around like the sun is always on my face

But the truth is, I’m waiting for something

And it hurts to wait

I smile through the pain of uncertainty

Work diligently for security

That may not be for me

I hug the whole world with generous love

And sleep alone at night, sometimes fighting tears

I long for yesterday to have done it differently

Yet, I thank God that I leave the past behind me

I find so much joy in pleasing others

That sometimes I leave me behind

Just hoping to make the right decisions

Free myself from shackles that bind

I hope for someone to love me

I hope for restoration of family

I hope for stability

I hope for longevity

In the middle of the road

Lies a whole lot of hope for me

Keeping my stride

I don’t know what the steady pace should be

So when you see me walking in the sun smiling

Would you still Pray For Me?

by Nadira Norjahan

ALL THAT I SEE IN ME

ALL THAT I SEE IN ME

I wanna write lines

But I swear I be writin lies

I tell myself

While walking

In my sleep

Carrying on

Through my day

Holding me

One day

It will be seen

All that I see

In me!

by Nadira Norjahan

MOTHER MAYA (RIP MAYA ANGELOU 2014)

Mother Maya

My heart is down below
I know your time has come
No less minimized
the flood from my eyes
We lost a dear mother
A poet like no other
Who taught us to be women
Appreciate what we were given
Caused our hearts to RISE
And to capture life's prize
Related to the shackled bird
Redeemed within her written word
Taught this bird to get her freedom
And enrich her life with wisdom
What a legacy she has left behind
In both your life and mine
This is my tribute to you
Mother Maya Angelou!
In Reverend Dedication to our dear poetic Mother. What a sad day. We have lost a dear treasure!

MY BROWN SKIN I'M IN

MY BROWN SKIN

I am so in love with my

BROWN SKIN

For sure!...

I wish I could be BROWNER

Even BLACKER!

Silky like the midnight sky

Causing stars to shimmer

I am so in love with my

BROWN SKIN

And I run out to the sun

So that I can get BROWNER

Like the sugar I put into my tea

Like the molasses that sweetens more than anything

When I was a girl

My beauty was underappreciated

Now, he can't take his eyes

off of his MOHAGANY prize

I love my EBONY features

That rhyme with my BROWN skin

And I don’t knock those who are lighter

It’s just that I am so satisfied

With the BROWN skin I’M IN!

by Nadira Norjahan

Other Side of the Window

OTHER SIDE OF THE WINDOW

Sometimes the wind blows me

At times it hurts me

At times it makes me free

Like a kite I want to fly

Like a prisoner, I want to be released

Instead I am tossed to and fro

Ever tried to pass through a closed window?

Foolish little birdie

Trapped on the inside where it is warm

But wanted to get in so bad

Now that you are in

You have found yourself foolishly

trapped behind the glass

by Nadira Norjahan

Blessings Anyway Bro

BLESSINGS ANYWAY BRO

I wonder if you know how ridiculous it was

For you to put your nose in the air

Greeted by your nostrils and your high-post glare

Brotha, your so-called status don’t make you a King

It don’t set you nowhere up high above me

And at first I took offense to this

Because I showed you love

And received an undeserved diss

But one thing that I know for sure

There is something to be said about success and doors

I hope that you get grounded pretty soon

Before that door of upper echelon closes on you

Because talent and prosperity is provided to us by grace

And what is given can surely be taken away

by Nadira Norjahan

THE SONG IN OUR EYES

THE SONG IN OUR EYES

We spoke

Your voice sang to me

I did not realize the thrill

was the thing I feared

Love on its way

without having met

Kismet

I took flight

To separate myself from some energy

Neither of us understood

But on that day

When our eyes finally met

There was a song that played

It was familiar

I did not realize then that you had me

Sparked me

Ignited me

Burned me

So you pursued me

Kismet

You were starving

Your body was hungry

You didn’t know the feast you would have

For where you thought a taste would satisfy

You realized

You tasted the essence of QUEEN

Your desire, your destiny

Your dream

Oh, how it frightened you

Oh, how it terrified me

I fell

I unwittingly casted a spell

Now we are both under

Breathing each other

Inside our broken hearts

Healing

By Nadira Norjahan

CHOCOLATE LOVE LETTER

CHOCOLATE LOVE LETTER

It doesn’t matter how far we run

No matter how much we claim uncertainty

Nor how much we fear this energy

It is far more than chemistry

Your Chocolate

Belongs with my Honey

We knew so the first time our eyes met

We were never doomed, but destined

Kismet and Eurythmic

You wanted me and pursued

I cursed you and fell

Then you fell

Into me

Rocking me like a boat on shocking seas

Across seven we have held our breath

But last night, we had to breathe

We swam with our passages wide open

Inhaling each other

Drowning in happiness

Speaking words of life and healing

Standing in reality, no longer dreaming

Because to be together within

Is so much more healing to our hearts

Than to be without

We gave and received

It was not sin

The heat was the flame

Belonging not to you

Belonging not to me

But belonging to US

Risking all to touch heaven

Sitting at the table

Eating our joy with both hands

And no formal setting

Because this does not need to make sense

If it did

It wouldn’t be magic

No one can be expected to understand

What this thing is that we hold in our hands

Because it is not to be understood

It is pieces of broken hearts

Retrieved from the fire

And kindled with a proper flame

And if I am ever thrown into the fire again

Let me be completely consumed

Within the flame of your love song!

By Nadira Norjahan

BLACK WOMAN I AM

Chiffon and lace

Satin chemise

Pearls in the middle

Roses all about

Sweet brown sugar

Honey and Chocolate

Red and Purple

Sand and Soil

Gentle breeze

Shocking wind

Pink petals

Green EARTH

Elevated melody

Perfect Rhyme

BLACK WOMAN

I AM!

Diamond in the Rough

Diamond in the Rough

Again my heart has met its rough place

The stumble where my mind did not protect it

Where I must manipulate the mind

to keep the heart from running cold

And convince it that there will be a chance to love again

To keep the hope alive that someone somewhere

Will value the soul and spirit of a woman

Adored by many but kept by none

I am to be valued higher than jewels

But I keep finding myself beneath the dirt

Thinking I have been discovered by one

Who touches me like I'm precious

Yet only to play and toss me back

to holding myself at night

Loneliness remains a band that is just too tight

How do I continue to be disregarded?

I am to be valued as a walking and breathing

Diamond in the rough

But eventually, with the precise amount of pressure

Even the strength of a diamond can be crushed

Seeing Me Through

SEEING ME THROUGH

The morning opens and I think of you

I think of how much I love your arms

Strong arms that melt away my pain

Calming my world

Fixing my frustrations

Reciprocating my love

Throughout the day

Thoughts of your glorious hugs

Accompanied by sweet kisses

Tender caresses

And loving stares

Deep into my soul

My morning thoughts of you

Help to get me through

The Good Word

THE GOOD WORD

I don’t regret

One moment

But to say

That I’m not hopeful

Would be such an awful lie

I’m remembering

I’m smiling

Not scared

Not resentful

Randomly laughing

Dreaming

Praying for you

Wide open

Because once in a lifetime

Love touches you

I mean the real magical stuff

Then you either have it

Or you don’t

It just has to be wholly true

Belonging to the hearts of two

I only wonder

Does that magic ever truly happen

One sided?

I’m leaning on the side of no for that

Because magic was in every part of us

So it will be

Always

That’s the good word