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:.

I look out for every message in a bottle

Hoping that a day will come

When it would have my name on it

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

.:Polaroid:.

.:Lime and Dates:.

My mask reveals truth

My veneer uncovers me

Don't look for a name for my facade is my identity

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

When I am invisible i' m most visible

Ill say and do things you might not believe

Ill be my true self when you don' t know me

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I wish you could see me when I'm me

When I laugh and sing loudly

And jump and twirl like crazy

I want you to see me when my colors shine the brightest

When I am free and have nothing to hide

Limerick By Maria Yousuf

My presence is not forced

Leave if you please

I am more than the nothing you see in me

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

My First Love, Reading

My Partner in Crime, Writing

My True Love, Photography

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

All my life I spent in hopes of you

But by the time you came

My time had run out

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Sometimes all you need is a good cry

To let go and bid goodbye

To empty your heart of its miseries and sighs

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

I wish...

My wish could become a reality

As soon as I wish it

Haiku By Maria Yousuf

Why is it that To those

Who matter most to me,

I matter none at all?

Haiku By Maria Yousuf