Farah Alkhateeb

“I didn’t know love could disperse
without making a single seed grow,
that longing after you in solitude
would become dearer to me
than being in your arms.”
― Tatjana Ostojic, Cacophony of My Soul: When Love Becomes Poetry

“To the heart in you, don’t be afraid to feel. To the sun in you, don’t be afraid to shine. To the love in you, don’t be afraid to heal. To the ocean in you, don’t be afraid to rage. To the silence in you, don’t be afraid to break.”
― Najwa Zebian, Mind Platter

“For the to see you shine, you must stay far way, for you are like the sun; when you’re too close, your light make them blind. And when you’re too far, they seek you. So let them seek you. They’re getting your light regardless, but appreciating your presence is different from recognizing your existence. If they don’t appreciate your presence, they may never recognize your absence.”
― Najwa Zebian

“Everything loses
it’s splendour and light
when your lashes flop
over the dark circles
below your eyes.
Asleep. Soft.
With a scent of the
date cookies
you ate as a child.”
― Tatjana Ostojic, Cacophony of My Soul: When Love Becomes Poetry