Zienab Hamdan > Quotes

“You lost her.

And now she lights up the night-time sky for her new lover
'Cause he recognized her as the moon.

And you envy him.

She could’ve been your moon, but you were too busy chasing the dimly lit stars.”
― Zienab Hamdan, For The Other Halves Of Me

“Stop watering the dead flowers
That he once planted in your heart.

Yes,
They were once beautiful
But it is almost Autumn now
And they’ve become withered.
But next spring,
Rip them out from the roots and
And plant new ones
All by yourself
For yourself.
You belong to no one.
Not to him.
Not to the next person.
You belong soley
And Utterly,
To you.”
― Zienab Hamdan

“Two years later
A girl sits in front of her ex lover.

He doesn't say a word
And her heart doesn't ache for him
anymore.

Her hair is longer than its ever been.
She is even more beautiful than the day
he left her.

And at that moment,
He panics.
He lost her.

And he can never have her back.
He can just watch her be beautiful
And in love
With someone else”
― Zienab Hamdan

“She’s not the girl that you just forget about.

She’s the sunrise
That sneaks in through your window shutters
On an early summer morning.
And she sits there.
Lingering.

You think to yourself
That maybe if you reversed the shutters,
She’d go away.

But you know
That outside your window
She’s even brighter.

Outside your window,
She’s not yours.
Not anymore.”
― Zienab Hamdan

“How much
Does your tongue have to bleed
Before you stop biting it?

Your heart is not a lion,
So why are you taming it?

God gave you a loud voice,
A voice box dripping revolution,
So quit trying to lower your volume.

You were meant
To rattle the tectonic plates
Of anyone who has ever told you
That you’re not enough.

You were born fiery
Don’t let anyone put out your flame
With their tears of incompetence.”
― Zienab Hamdan, For The Other Halves Of Me

“He says
That he doesn’t
Believe in magic.

Yet when she
Walks into the room
His heart beats against
His xylophone ribs
And plays a love tune.

If that’s not magic
Then tell me
What is it?”
― Zienab Hamdan, For The Other Halves Of Me

“Don’t just talk to me,
I won’t let you in.

Spark my interest
And watch me
Unravel myself,

For you.”
― Zienab Hamdan

“One day, you’re 19
And the boy who broke your heart a year ago, is now off in some parallel lifetime from you, breaking someone else’s heart.

It’s not you this time
But you understand how she will hurt.

You’re still wearing your red lipstick
Still squatting
Still blossoming.

And you cut your hair off because you didn’t want to be defined by your looks.

You make drastic changes
And end up wearing more black
Than you did before.
You’re beautiful.

You started telling yourself that in the mirror because you started recognizing your worth.
You slick your short hair back
And smile.

You’re happy.
And for once, that’s all that matters.”
― Zienab Hamdan, For The Other Halves Of Me

“You,
With the
Paper weight halo
And the papier-mâché heart.

You,
With the trembling palms,
That are tired
Of touching, but never grasping.

But
My love,
When your scintillating gaze
Lands on what has dismantled you,
Forgive it.

Forgive yourself.
For what is not meant for
Will never reach you.”
― Zienab Hamdan, For The Other Halves Of Me

“When your world
Crumbled around you,
You held the pieces
Inside your palms.

As tears streamed
Down your prominent cheeks,
I saw you smile.

Smiled a smile
That said
“Watch me rebuild
A world that won’t give in on me
As easily as everyone else did”.”
― Zienab Hamdan, For The Other Halves Of Me

“Their syncopated hearts,
Loved one and other.

They just didn’t beat the same frequency.”
― Zienab Hamdan, For The Other Halves Of Me

“I’m sorry
That the world
Didn’t rotate in your
Favour,
And was not
Kind to you.

I’m sorry
That it made you cruel.”
― Zienab Hamdan, For The Other Halves Of Me

“Stop pouring your heart out
To boys
With bucket-shaped hearts,
Which are already
Filled to the brim
With the rainstorms
Of other girls.”
― Zienab Hamdan, For The Other Halves Of Me

“For the boys
Who only know
How to show their love
In rainstorms.

I hope you fall for a girl
Who thinks
That you’re the
Brightest sunshine
She has ever seen.

I hope she sees you
As rainbows
And green grass
And blue skies And love
And love
And above all
Love.”
― Zienab Hamdan

“He remembered her
During Friday prayer Khutba.

He remembered hearing
The blaring echoed voice
Through the microphone.
“And of everything
We have created pairs”
Heaven and earth
Night and day
Sun and moon
Shore and sea
Light and darkness.

Her,
For him.”
― Zienab Hamdan

“At birth,
Your father whispered in your ear,
أشهدُ أنْ لا إلهَ إلاَّ الله, وأشهدُ أنَّ محمّدًا رسولُ الله.
There is no god but Allah,
And Muhammed (Pbuh) is his messenger.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

In the name of Allah, the most merciful,
Your mother
Picked you up
From the hospital cradle
For the first time.

You came into this world
In such a pious
And graceful manner.
Live like it.”
― Zienab Hamdan

“You let yourself fall too fast
For a boy
Who doesn’t even have the common courtesy
To manhandle your heart with the proper care.

Didn’t someone tell you
That you’re worth more than
Dispassionate good morning text messge
And tasteless afternoon dates?

Your heart beats more heartbeats than the average human being.
Doesn’t that mean anything to you?”
― Zienab Hamdan

“I heard a theory once
That the atoms that make up soul mates,
Were once fused together
In the same star.

I find it beautiful
That in another life
You found your way to me.
And in this life
You’ve found your way to me
Yet again.”
― Zienab Hamdan