You shouldn't have drawn a line

Shouldn't have gone to the other side

Because now its your fault that I cry

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

No one has powers in matters of the heart

If you have preferences

At least don't be unjust

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I'd love to see you in my place

See you go through all you put me through

And see how that ends with you

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Is being unaware a sin?

Or ignorance a crime?

If so...I apologize

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Accusations are

Paper thin

Weightless

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

What defines the dichotomy of above and beneath?

Marks the line of differentiation of these opposites?

Running forever parallel they are separated

By the discrete boundaries you define

Maria Yousuf

Beauty is infinite to the perspective that sees it

Timeless and untouched

Preserved and reborn

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I'll never sink through your quicksand of charm

I maybe dreamy but I'm hard headed too

I'll never make the mistake of letting loose and falling for you

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Don't ever make the mistake

Of slipping on assumptions

And falling for implications

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

The teal sea designs images from its diary

Images telling stories from its memories

Stories I've never heard or ever seen

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I shall sew all the fallen petals together

Bind all moments together

And create a rose of your memories

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Is it too much to ask ?

To be the one for one?

and be compared to none?

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

.:Black Cat:.

Live in the ashes of another man's hopes,

breath in another man's misery

make a living with his bloody demise,

make his chained soul an opportunity

Stab a bulls eye in his wound,

feed and devour his aches n pain

drown his piercing white cries,

survive with his loss, make it all your gain

Be the friction for his agony,

the deep set ache, his enmity

be the hollow trunk of his body,

the dried bark of a his tree

Be the black cat crossing his path,

the bad luck that befalls his way

be the barrier blocking his rise,

the reasons for his hate

I can own all the knowledge I can carry in my vessel of understanding but it all would be useless unless implemented in the scripture of my life...

Maria Yousuf

Why does it seem to me

That my words are a bokeh you hear?

A blur in the background

That makes your picture complete?

Stanza By Maria Yousuf

I watch you twirl in the rain

And hear you symbolically say

Gray days are worth a shot

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Your countenance

is the reflection

of your demeanor

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Disputes are common

Solutions can be found

Just don't let yourself down

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Don't let silence

Be the mold

That may decay our life

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

There are a million reason

Why I'd spend

My life with you

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Tears aren't water

I'll see them even in the sea

If you try and hide them from me

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I want to soak in the gray rainy day

Taste the romance of a 'Near Touch'

And feel the flavor of 'So Close yet Far Away'

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Colors have been washed out, faded

Yet they remain a dull remembrance

Of the tears that wiped them

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

My shield isn't bullet proof

Every time you fire your words

I hurt with a deep wound

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I wear an armor protecting my soul

An armor that conceals me

From the rest of the world

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I am the breeze that evokes happy chimes within your heart

One that brings about your lost smile

And makes your pulse flutter

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Be a warrior against your worst enemy, your own self

For you are the only one who can drag yourself to Hell

The worst of all penalties

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

If you are willing to see, you can find beauty even in an empty room...

Maria Yousuf

I'm waiting for the right season to embrace the warmth I am willing to share...

Maria Yousuf

You are a casket encased with emotions waiting for the right key to unlock you...

Maria Yousuf

Its when you face life that you know its tough and that is when you realize that its only the beginning

Maria Yousuf

.:Symphonic Dawn:.

It chimes into presence, sings beauty

It sews the hymn of the season, spans the horizon slowly

The melody is tangible, the sweetness savory

The music exquisite, the taste heavenly

I am seized in the rhythm I hear

Caught among the the cover it wears

I steal a peek before it's gone

I am seized in the symphonic dawn

Maria Yousuf

I dislike those who serve as gravity to my flight to success and my endeavors.

I shall show you how high I can fly without flying as high as Icarus

Maria Yousuf

If

the one meant to be relied upon isn't reliable

What do you do?

.:DisAdvantage:.

I like to speak my mind so I will

I was exposed to truth of art

I understand and intend to implement it

But then after

An image appeared

Convicting me

And wrong as it was

I couldn't show the other side of the tale

I tried but was eschewed

When I flew to exit

I was condemned

But I disappeared anyway

Now I think

My position is at a disadvantage

For no matter how or what my sketch

It shall always be scorned

If I have complaints about the medium or ambiance

Whom should I turn to?

If I turn to the Head

I will be Persona non Grata

When I turn to the one who could alter

I am not aided

What else do I do?

I don't know whom to turn to

Thus now I decide to endure

And HOPE to forever do so

Though I do know the editor does help

But only sometimes

Often I'm among the blacklisted

And I know the problems will always find escape

They shall never be chained

Now or ever

Because they have the one support that matters

The acceptance of everyone else

Not quite everyone

Just that one

Who is counted as everyone

So to my disadvantage and bad luck

No its not self pity

I fear I am disdained

And shall be

I am scorned

And shall remain being so

I am unfortunate

Yet hope that doesn't last

Maria Yousuf

They will question me

But wont ever question about me

I'll come through for them

But I wonder will they ever come through for me?

Maria Yousuf

Because of you I'm broken

Without a supporting base I'm shaken

All I am is empty and barren

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

As soon as the last word is spoken

All that was before

Ends forgotten

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Your sacrifices are always forgotten

Your intentions always unknown

What you want always misunderstood

Then again all your wishes dont always come true

Quatrain By Maria Yousuf

I'm reaching for change

Looking for another path, another way

To walk through to everyday

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I see strawberries and chocolate

And I imagine a warm fire place

But its all an image in my head

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Eternity sacrifices appeal

Forever is no more real

So instead

These are the wishes I speak and seal

I wish we would spend our lives together

Grow old together

Spend our last breaths together

And be untied in death as we part

Maria Yousuf

You can be the vampire who turns me

Or sucks my blood dry

I'll always find a way

To have you chasing me

Quatrain By Maria Yousuf

My words walk on thin ice

One misstep

And I shall be submerged in lies

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I'm sitting with weapons of mass destruction

Ones that would demolish my integrity

Those weapons will only be found within me

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

.:Thunder:.

Thunder may overtake the recesses of your subconscious thoughts

Murder your spontaneity, lead you in a corner and leave you cowering

It may take you back in abeyance, eschew your power of will

Silence your speech of intelligence and hold your tongue against your deal

It may reach out to you from the shade of a mere skeleton tree

Blind your ingenuity and deafen your capacity of comprehension

It will scare you and frighten you

Just to have you hold on to that fright of nothing

Don't let the blood of fright stain your entity

Fright only makes you braver

Face the storm and make yourself stronger

You know you are much more than what you think you might be

Maria Yousuf

.:Dedicated to Uki:.

You sparked my dreams

Took me through a fairytale

Gave me memories to grasp

A lifeline to help me set sail

Held my hand for security

Supported me through rough waves

But then you brought the sky crashing down on me

When I got to know you got married

The fairytale was now hell

Those memories mere broken threads

Your security nothing more than holding hands

Falsehoods was all you said

It was all a lie

I trusted you and believed you

And you returned the favor

By not seeing your promises through

Maria Yousuf

I said I wont

But my ancient pillars are crumbling and I need support

I don't know who will be the lock to my treasure

Or the vessel that holds my heart

But I do know I need someone's hand to hold

Maria Yousuf

I will eschew it all away

That's what I say

But at every hour of repetition

I cry

Quatrain By Maria Yousuf

I capture images

Preserve ideas

And steal a moment in time

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

The only way you can get through

Is while being you

No one needs another one of someone else

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I am torn shore to shore

not knowing which waves to battle

Obfuscated about truths told

an ocean keeping me walls apart

Maria Yousuf

You cant keep running from the past

Nor running after it

Abandon it where it belongs

The past where no one sees it

Quatrain By Maria Yousuf

Summer flowers worn and faded

Fake and overrated

Forgotten and vanished

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

A moment, a fabric

Torn out of aged summers

And old promises made

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

A single word of appreciation goes a long way

It can be the commencement

For a new start

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I want to go the whole way

See it to the end which is the top

You've invested hope in me, shown me not all is lost

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

My radar beeps as you approach

Time to go

Its you, me and lots of doors to unlock

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

My Gallery exhibits how you've aided me

Paintings of read and black of suffering and fright

White and gray of leaving me cold without a light

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

You are a phoenix, reborn from your own ashes

Ashes of your burnt agony and pain

Ashes of your stranded soul, bruised and stained

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

The top is always abandoned to be taken

Left for you to set ladders of limits to

Vacant for occupation, empty for you

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Had the world been in black and white

It'd be a canvas empty of light

A view with bleak vows and limited sight

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

You can pretend to turn your back on me

But I'll know its because you care

You teach me lessons I've never learnt before

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Light that lantern

Reflect what guides

Be the mirror of an image thats right

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

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Let this be my first step to success

Be my first path to my destination

First challenge that I'd conquer

First triumph that I'd cheer

Let this be it

Maria Yousuf

It is a picture, surreal and perfect

Created in the mist of your dreams

Waved into life by a magical hand

Its not out of reach

That's what you must understand

Maria Yousuf

Its not the many faces you see

Its one with many colors

You are capable of everything

Its your choice what to reveal and what not to

Whom to show and whom not to...

Maria Yousuf

My heart wrenched hearing the words you said

I spun around in the rain soaked and stained

I watched you walk away, turn your back on me

With tears I knew I couldn't see

Maria Yousuf

Don't strand me in the storm,

Walk away from the promises you made

Don't walk away from who you were,

Strand me among lightning, thunder and rain

Maria Yousuf

.:Soaring Eagle:.

You can't be ugly with a heart like that

Can't be insignificant with love like that

Can't be broken with strength like that

Hold on to that beauty

Don't let fright break you

Don't let words bring you down

Pull through and show how you soar

Hold on and be the headstrong person you are

Break the surface that keeps you down

I know your spirit

Its time you show the world who you are

Let go, pull through and soar the skies

Its yours to explore

Yours to reach out to

And yours to conquer

Be the Soaring Eagle you are...

You can touch my soul's tune

Strum on a harp's strings

And whisper into a flute

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I can also walk away and not care

But the humanity in me refrains me

From being so oblivious to other's need

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Let me paint your life

With colors I hold

Show you secrets whispered and told

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

There will always be a boulder blocking your path

If you try to remove it

You will learn that its nothing more than rubble

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Are you here to laugh at me?

Was I your joke?

Peek-a-BOO!

The jokes on you

Because I wasn't fooled

Maria Yousuf

Its better written than spoken

Better read than told

Emotional shades and hues remain hidden

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I'd Like to die young

But I guess I am not privileged

To be granted such a high status...

I want to lean against a tree

Sit among the hush of the night with the breeze

And listen to the waves as they lick my feet

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I am free

From needing somebody

To listen to me

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Hurricane of truth

And a tornado of lies

Unaware of what either comprise

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Only when you are in Pain

Do you realize

How relaxing your life is

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Being attached is trusting someone with your life

Trusting them with every secret and ache

But that was my mistake

I should have taken you for what you had said

Quatrain By Maria Yousuf

I guess its over, I feel a dull ache pulsing as it dies

I revive your hurting words and wait for the tears and cries

but there is nothing, just faded, hollow and forgotten times

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I hope it comes soon, the day I stop trusting blindly

The day you hurt and break me

The day I turn away from thee

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I am waiting for the moment when it will break

I know its not far away

Because I can see your colors change

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

They misunderstood me and said a lot that broke me

I never thought you would ever be among those who would mistake me

But now there you are, saying those exact words and wrongfully accusing me

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

You stood beside me and heard my sobbing words

I never stopped to think that you would ever forget all you heard

But now i see you, on the opposite end staring at me

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I want to submerge beneath

And weep my tears in the sea

Where no one would see me

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

When a breath of worry touches you I silence it by saying its all okay

But I wish you would turn around and look me in the eyes and say

"Don't lie, trust me and let me take your pain away"

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

You are a complete fool to believe what I say

Now I know

You don't really know me anyway

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Take me out to the sea

I want to feel and submerge in the tranquility

Smell the salty air and hear the waves crash softly

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

When I see that others have someone to share everything with...That is when I realize I am all alone

Blood rushes to my head and my nerves begin pulsing

It blocks my ears and I am deaf to what others are saying

My heartbeat quickens and I am unable to speak

Wrath blinds me as White Hot Fury engulfs me

This is what Anger does to me

Disables me from clarity

But I am lost in its torrents of waves

There is nothing I can do to escape

Maria Yousuf

I am believing your words

Living a lie

Because I know your promises will die

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I am coated with layers of azure, violet and indigo

Bathing in stirring thoughts, hot and cold

Lost in memories I had known

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

.:Birthday Gift For You:.

A glimpse is all I need

To know your identity

But you'll never know who I'll be

Never know how deep

Never know which leap

I'll remain an intriguing mystery

So stop searching for a way

Because I have blocked all paths from within

You will learn who I am only if I choose to let you in

To my little one, Franny, for your birthday(I know its early)

Read this on September 19, 2010 *HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYY* :) x0x0x0

I'll be your pillar of strength

Be the one there when you are in need

All I need from you is a little faith in me

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I am that friend to you

The one whom i never had

So you wont be as lonely as me and wont be as sad

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I'll be the one who you need me to be

The one to hold your hand while you sleep

The one to wipe away those tears that seep

But will you be that someone for me?

The one who holds my hand and wipes my tears away?

The one by my bedside when I ask you to stay?

Maria Yousuf

Dusty typewriters

Dark corners

I've forgotten I ever was a mourner

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I nursed your wounds for hours

Numbed your aching cries

Can you not lay a single rose, on my casket when I die?

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Am I not significant?

Am I not yours?

Am I not the one whom you adored?

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I am lost in a maze

Lost to be found

Lost to be let out in the clouds

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I am caught between the valley of waves

Lost in confusion and time

Enslaved

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I try to help you see truth, try and make you sane

You smile for a moment and then begin crying again

I sit down and begin wiping away all your tears and pain

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I try and make you happy and smile

And I hear your laughter and see your crinkled eyes

Sadly it only lasts for a while

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I like how it hurts

Like how I Cry

It reminds me I'm alive

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

No Immortal lives true

They are but a corpse carried by a soul

Be grateful to death, it gives living another role

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

In the inky blue of midnight

Serenade beneath the starlight

And whisper shivers of delight

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

The thunder is your echo, your storm's peace

The rain is your ache, your unheard pleas

Walk away, forgive, forget, let go of your anger, cease

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

If you hear me cry

And ask me why

I'll know your worry is a Lie

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Spin love from strands of clouds

Weave vines of intimacy and create a shroud

Wrap it around you as you vowed

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

"I Love thee" say Shakespeare's plays

But I wonder if that's what I'll say

When I find someone worth my night and days

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I'll watch you from far away

Think if you think of me the same way

And unwillingly wish to shove it out of my way

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

You just stand there and watch me

I wonder if you wonder

What is going through my mind

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Its all okay

As long as you tell me you Love Me

Before I die

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

.:How Long?:.

My throat chokes and heart clenches

Breath catches and I cry

Sentiments well and emotions spill

Feelings ache and I know why

I dive in an abyss and hide

If you ever see me I'll probably lie

Its been so long since I poured my sentiments while I cried

So long since I knew why

So long since I pacified myself with lies

So long since I buried my cries

So long since I sought questions and wondered why

So long since I truthfully lied

How long will these tears cry?

How long until they dry?

How long until the misery hides?

How long until it all dies?

How long until I get laugh lines?

How long until I finally find happiness and smiles?

Time doesn't matter...Its what it ends up at that does

.:Today:.

I'm lonely so very lonely...

Today I need you to wipe my tears away

Need you to hug me and say its all okay

Need you to listen to the despondent words I say

Need you to spread a smile on my tear stained face

Today I need you to give me your support and faith

Need you to give me happiness for and against all it takes

Need you to give me me comfort and solace

Need you to give me laughter and take away all aches

Today I need you to be my hero and come to my rescue

Today I need you to give me all like I given you

Today I need you to do everything for me like I have done

Today I need you to be there for me completely just this once

The tracks are empty and the air barren

No train puffs smoke or hoots deafning sirens

I sit alone on the lone bench, sharing with no one my teary silence

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I'm far away from you, far far away

You are engrossed elsewhere and never listen to what I say

Your prescence is a shadow which fails to recognize my soul

I wonder if thats how we'll depart, strangers unknown

Quatrain By Maria Yousuf

.:Beads for Recitation:.

.:Recite for Allah:.

.:Words of Allah:.

Zindagi Ishq hai

Ashiqoon ka mazhar

Uss Khuda ke liyay

Jis ne kiya hum se pyaar

Urdu Poetry By Maria Yousuf

Yeh roshan zindagi mein andheray kahan?

Jab dil mein noor hai tou duniya kia?

Dil mein noor ALLAH ki mohabbat

Jaan aur maal saab ALLAH ki qudrat

Urdu Poetry By Maria Yousuf

Laughing a little louder today?

Smiling a little wider today?

You are a little happier each day

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

To every dreaming girl

Your life is a fairytale

Just make it happen...

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Should I go and explore?

Explore the secret and let it be told?

Should I find out what it means?

Or let it be and leave it sealed?

Quatrain By Maria Yousuf

Should I ignore it or keep distance?

Should I shun the insecurity and indifference?

Head in hands, washed with confusion

Lost midway without conclusions

Quatrain By Maria Yousuf

A sudden fluttering heart and then an ancient ache

I wish I knew this confusion

If it's all just a mistake

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I want to spin and spin and fall on the floor

Jump off a roof and pretend to soar

I want to dive in the pool without knowing how to swim

Scream at the top of my lungs for a make believe win

I want to race at insane speeds and relish the thrill

Want to go cliff diving and roll down a hill

I want to do all that amuses me

With risks or without be

I want to be crazy

And a 100% me

Maria Yousuf

The emerald leaves wrap me

And the ivory vines twine

The dark of the night cloaks me

As the enigmatic night shines

Quatrain By Maria Yousuf

In the ink of the night & ivory moon

I make up stories

Of me and you

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

You can speak without sound

You can tell without talking

You can say it all in stories

Your unspoken words written

Quatrain By Maria Yousuf

.:Army Geared Rambutan Peeking:.

.:Rambutans in a dish Closeup:.

.:Nuts Closeup:.

Quench the thirsty land of parched loneliness

Feed the famished flowers of happiness

Breathe in the air of smiles above

Lets tour the universe of unconditional love

Quatrain By Maria Yousuf

Empty screams of faith yelled at me to be entrusted

I yelled back saying 'Be lost!

I haven't forgotten what you forgot'

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Faster than a blink of an eye, time flew me by

I couldn't hold on to the ticking hands or falling grain

I just stood subdued as love was lost again

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Only if you face hardships do you become stronger

Only if you are exposed do you learn more

So no matter where you are or what you do

You will always be a step ahead than what you knew

Quatrain By Maria Yousuf

Sometimes, its not your prince charming who comes to your rescue

Or your knight in shining armor

Its the boy next door, your best friend who comes to save you

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

.:Closeup - Beads and Qura'an Kareem:.

.:Qura'an Kareem:.

The smallest things can make me happy

Breathing in nature's bliss

Watching adorable kids

Going on thrilling rides

Being around lovable pets and enjoying high tides

Limerick By Maria Yousuf

It is how a person feels pain

That tells you

How deep he stands

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

.:Where the Sun meets the Horizon:.

Where the sun meets the horizon is where you and I encounter

Where we lie on the beach and lace fingers together

Where we see the emperor of the sky sink deeper

Where the ticks of time don’t matter

Where sentiments entwine and sighs wander

Where smiles blush and sights ring with laughter

Where the sun meets the horizon is where you and I find forever

Where forever sings in the splayed colors

.:Bliss at the Shore and Sea:.

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I walk upon the drenched grains of sand, my feet sinking at each step. Tranquility rings in my ears, and serenity in my being. I close my eyes, breathe in the scent of the sea water and relish the tickle of the breeze. I sit down where the streaks of the waves overlap the underlying earth. I listen to the whistle of the breeze, the breeze that blows upon the waves and thumps on its beads of water. I listen to the chatter of the waves, the waves that crawl upon the shore and strum the grains of sand. I watch the unity of air, water and earth. The sound calms me and my presence floats in harmony. I have sought bliss in the silence of the shore and found peace in the hush of the waves. The stillness of everything that surrounds me, the bickering of what I stand before appeases me. There is bliss at the shore and at sea, bliss I have found within me, around me and afore me.

.:Basket of Green:.

.:My Bite:.

An inevitable and undeniable truth, death befalls all

Live for your hereafter

This life is preparation for the latter

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

You are My Life Line, My Guiding Light

My faith and trust, power and strength

My savior, Ya Allah of mine

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

It is my right, what I fight for

My liberty, what I protest for

It is...Freedom

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

.:Message in a Bottle:.