By far the hardest questions are the ones where you have to decide

The choice of one among many

The choice of best among beauty

But all gems own their own splendor

How do you compare excellence with excellence

Unique with special?

And amazing with wonderful?

The distinction of wanting and thoughts perhaps?

Or reciprocate what the inquirer wants

By far the hardest questions are the ones where you have to decide

I battle currents of wind and sea

Steer over defiant waves

But when the war wounds and kills me

A ship wreck is all it takes

Maria Yousuf

A crevice in my soul

A peek you take

But then I close it

And say it was all fake

Trickery and lies

My oldest games

Maria Yousuf

If I get imprisoned by silence, I'll never find a way out

My heart'll be sealed and my lips be locked

Lies or truth, feelings or thoughts

You wont ever find me in rain or drought

Maria Yousuf

Words live longer than voices

Count your word not your volume

Despite the broken links I still enjoin

It is not you who I expect from, its HIM

You chose to not give me smiles but I know HE will

Maria Yousuf

Silence has become my language

But I still communicate

Look for what I don't say

And you will hear me speak

Maria Yousuf

Who sings of my melancholy?

My lamenting woes and tears

Who wrung them into despair?

Your lies, stabs and fears

Maria Yousuf

I am stained with my mistakes

With nowhere to hide and no escape

I yearn for time to rewind

And make me a spotless soul

Maria Yousuf

We are like the shore and sea
Running parallel but never one
Knowing that, yet not accepting defeat

For miles we run side by side
Distinguished by dichotomy
The grain and drop, the wet and dry

We share moments in time over and over again
The sunsets and dawn sky
The silence and seasons’ lives

Our love
A compromise, a challenge
A force to be reckoned and strength to be envied

Maria Yousuf

I reside in an asylum of passion of your gravity

You may not know when it disappeared but you will realize the change

Change is what I had feared and now nothing is the same

May it be for what you did or didn't do, nothing can help now

I'm hollow of the sentiments I once had, the thoughts I thought about

A veil that covers my sentiments

A fake that wears my crown

Lies and unspoken words

A mirror that reciprocates my smile

Upside down into a frown

Unembraceable happiness

Before letting the ship sail

You hesitate to let the strong ropes slip

You will be standing at the dock after all

Watching it leave

Slaughtered hopes, gagged laughs

Stabbed happiness, silenced vows

Flying dead with Crimson wings

Maria Yousuf

After all the seasons pass

And the ripples settle

I'll stand my trunk in the midst of the pasture

Haiku By Maria Yousuf