A Shadow

Hello, here is my latest poem that I wrote in like 2 hours. For some reason I can write fast when I feel down or depressed :P
I am not sure if you will like it or not, but I enjoyed finishing it quickly ;)

A Shadow

There is a shadow upon the wall
And there are tears falling down
Sound of pain echoes in this empty hall
In a ghostly house in a lonely sad town
And no one lives here but me
I am the shadow that you cannot see

For I was once a man full of life
Full of hopes and dreams
Dreaming about some kids and a wife
To dance with under the moonlight beams
But it all turned to a nightmare
When I made one wrong choice
I became surrounded by endless walls of despair
That only echo my silent hopeless voice

Waiting for You

Here is my latest poem, I wrote the 1st 2 stanzas about a year ago and the rest of the poem was written yesterday :P

Dear readers, this is my Valentine's Day gift to you :P

Waiting for You

The crazy raindrops fall upon my windowpane
The sound of thunder is driving me insane
Inside my heart I am crying in pain
While the memories of you still linger in my brain

Every day I am waiting for you to appear
Out in the darkness, your shadow is clear
It is getting worse year after year
Can’t you see that I am slowly dying here?

Maybe you are close or somewhere far away
Maybe I have passed by you someday
We could have talked but did not have much to say
And if I knew it was you, I would have asked you to stay

I wonder if you can hear it when my soul calls
For the help needed in my life before apart it falls
The sound of my pain echoes in these empty halls
And I am here sitting hopeless surrounded by these gloomy walls

I am here so lost and I do not know what to do
Maybe you can help; maybe you can guide me through
But only if I can break away, only if I can get to you
And only if you believe in me and if you know that I am true

Favorite Lines

We listen and hear so many songs but most of the times a line or 2 from a certain songs get stuck in our minds and we find ourselves repeating it over and over and sometimes we wake up with the lines are being repeated in our heads!

So here I am presenting you my favorite lines from some songs that I like:

1-
"Roses are red, my love
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet, my love
But not as sweet as you"
These lines are taken from the song "Roses Are Red" for "Bobby Vinton". They are classic lines and good for flirting specially the second part about the sugar ;)

2-
"But I never dreamed home would end up where I don't belong"
From the song "I'm Movin' On" By "Rascal Flatts". I like this line because I feel that I will end up living in a place I don't belong to, hopefully not a prison :P

3-
"I've loved like I should but lived like I shouldn't
I had to lose everything to find out"
From Same song as number 2. For me it is kinda the opposite as in I lived like I should but loved like I shouldn't but thank God I haven't lost everything ..yet :p

4-
"Life can be short or long, love can be right or wrong
and if i choose the one I'd like to help me through
I'll like to make it with you
I really think that we can make it girl"
Those lines are from the song "Make It With You" for "Bread". I like them because I agree that we can make it through :P

5-
"If all my friends have forgotten half their promises
They're not unkind,
Just hard to find
One look at you and I know
That I must learn to live without the rest
I've found the best"
From the song "I Won't Last a Day Without You" for "The Carpenters". I want someone to sing these lines for me :'(

6-
"Closer than the leaves
On a weepin willow, baby, we are
Closer dear are we
Than the simple letters A and B are
All my life
I could love only you
All your life
You could love only me
Tell me why then
Oh why should it be that

We go on hurting each other
We go on hurting each other
Making each other cry
Hurting each other
Without ever knowing why"
From the song "Hurting Each Other" By "The Carpenters". I like them and I don't know why :D

7-
"Like a perfect scene from a movie screen
Where every dream comes true
Suited perfectly for eternity
Me and you

Every day, I need you even more
At the nighttime too
There's no wayI could ever let you go
Even if I wanted to"
Taken from the song "Me And You" By "Kenny Chesney" and I like them because I like them :P

There are other lines that I like but those are what came to my mind when writing this post and I just don't wanna think too much and try to remember :P

Weird Me!

I have been tagged by adaydreamer to mention the weird things about me and I came up with this list:

1- I don’t mind sleeping when the lights on or when the lights off and it depends on the time I am sleeping in. If it was a nap in the afternoon or even at night I leave the lights on so I can easily check the time and wake up. If it was the main sleep, it has to be in total darkness and it has to be quiet except for the sound of the AC, the fan or the computer fan.

2- I used to study for my exams in front of the TV. The reason is that I can’t study without that kind of noise or I will fall asleep. I tried to study in my room but I always end up sleeping and wasting some hours!

3- I have noticed that whenever I wear a long sleeves shirt I lift 1 sleeve up to reach my elbow (usually right one) and leave the other not lifted.

4- I don’t write my poems on paper, I go directly to the PC and write them.

5- I don’t like dust at all. When my hands touch a dusty place even if it was a little dust, I don’t feel comfortable and I won’t be able to sleep until I wash my hands few times with soap.

6- I don’t open public toilets doors using my bare hand. I have to use a tissue or something because I know many people don’t wash their hands when they finish!

7- I keep all the empty boxes of the things I buy whether they are TVs, shoes or computer stuff! My room is full of them and my mom always tells me to through them away but I just can’t! I feel attached to them.

Silver Moon

Here is my latest poem. Enjoy :D

Silver Moon

Silver moon shines in the sky above
And the light fills my soul
As I try to empty my heart from the love
That prevented me from being whole
Looking for the lost source of inspiration
While sitting here with no motivation
Wasted effort and wasted time
Trying to think of the perfect rhyme

Maybe a dance under the moonlight
Will help me to ease the pain
And if it was not for the moon shining bright
You would have seen me dancing insane
I know I must forget you, upon this night
And try not to remember you again

Set The World On Fire

My latest poem! I think I have something burning inside me :p

And the photo looks great right? :D








Set The World On Fire


Set the world on unholy fire
Where the fuel is anger and hate
Burn the thoughts and the mad desire
Of defying destiny and fate

Set the world on fire and watch it burn
And behind, leave all those saints and sinners
Who cares, do not turn back do not return
Let them all burn, losers or winners

Hell on Earth will be breaking loose
And Heaven above shall be waiting for you
Do not fall for tricks or calls for a truce
Burn the world; let it be built anew

Happy Anniversary

A year ago in the cold winter, Hopeless Rhymes was born. The plan was not to post poems, just the normal posts but then I found that I don't have that much of beneficial things to say! So I ended up posting the only thing I THINK I am good at!

I will keep it short so I want just to thank all of those bloggers and non-bloggers who supported me from the start till now and those who supported me at the start and decided to disappear or to stop commenting :P

Thank you all.

Song of The Christmas : Forever Loving You

Well I used to have a weekly post called song of the week but I stopped so now when I thought of the title I figured that I can't use the term week so I chose Christmas since it is the time ;)

A country song for not very well known artist "Julian Austin" called "Forever Loving You"

Everytime i see you smile
I can't help but smile
I love the way your eyes
Say they love me

I love it when you hold me close
The scent of you left on my clothes
The tenderness of your kiss moves me

Girl you're more than everything
You're in my heart,
My soul,
You're the air I breath
You're everything that i been missin in my life

Chorus:
And I'll always be, forever loving you
Its just meant to be, it all I wanna do...
You're everything my heart has ever known
And girl, you mean more than life to me,
And without you girl it wouldnt mean a thing
Until its my time to go,
I'll love you more than you'll ever know

There so many little things,
In my life, that you bring
Like the way you hold me,
When we're sleeping.

I wouldnt feel the way i do,
If you didnt give me a love so true.
You're the hopes and dreams that I believe in

Girl you not just everything,
My best friend you'll always be
You're everything,
that i need in my life

Chorus

I swear that it'll always be,
A time for you and me,
Girl i love you so........

Girl ill always be forever loving you,
Its just meant to be,
Its what i want to do
You're everything my heart has every known,
And girl you mean,
more than life to me,
And without you girl,
It wouldnt mean a thing,
Until its my time to go...

Until its my time to go...

I'll love you more than you'll ever know.....


*CLICK ON THE TITLE TO GO TO THE SONG PAGE

A Moon's Serenade

Finally! I am here again and posting! It's been a long time! Very very long! Did anybody miss me? :P

Anyway here is my latest poem and I am glad that I have finished it! Enjoy it until the next time I post something new :D

A Moon's Serenade

Here we are sitting on the edge of the moon
Watching the world below
The stars and the planets around us croon
Our entwined fingers are dancing slow
We are no birds be we were able to fly
And for once in our lives we are ruling the sky

Listen to the sound of a wonderful serenade
Drift into a dream while I am holding your hands
Do not let the brightness in your eyes ever fade
Let me breathe the breeze that passed through your strands
I like it when the scent of you fills my senses
And I stop thinking when I see your smile
One touch you can touch me and it will shatter all my defenses
Then I am yours for a lifetime, not only for a while

Forest of Magic

It's been a long time since I've posted a poem! So here it goes, something I wrote long time ago and I've just finished it recently.

Forest of Magic

Its beauty, so alluring
Silently, speaking to you
Words that are curing
Guiding you through
There is a mysterious voice calling
Softly, whispering in your ears
A dazzling winds howling
And a shadow from far appears
Widely opening its arms
Inviting you to come along
With its irresistible charms
You lose the sense of right and wrong

You feel the magic of this place
As you drown into temptation
A temporary pleasure to embrace
Is it real or just your imagination?
So you walk few steps ahead
Not expecting what to find
Many thoughts are in your head
About the real world you left behind
And the fairy tales you have read before
Are nothing like what you have seen
A sensation that you cannot ignore
So peaceful and so serene

Tom and Jerry

While watching this immortal cartoon yesterday, so many thoughts and memories came to my mind. Unfortunately, not all of them were that good! Of course no one likes to remember the many encounters with this not so good animal! The rat or mouse!!

Our home was cursed by having them when I was a kid and because of the location, we still get some every now and then! Well not much, you can say one or two every three years! I remember when I was a kid we used to hear their sounds when we were watching TV. They used to have a place behind the TV table. That time the regular traps with a piece of cheese worked. So we got rid of all of them almost and we thought we had an eternal peace.

Few years back while your poet was trying to watch TV in his living room, he heard this movement sound on the ground. He looked around and saw nothing. He thought, it must be the wind :P. He continued watching TV until he saw that ugly SOB peeking! So he screamed SHIT! A rat in my living room! And being so scared (yeah those ugly animals scare me, I rather face a lion and die than a mouse :P) He went to the expert; his father :D So everything was prepared and traps, cheese and poison. Next morning, bingo! The rat was caught! He was sentenced to death in a nearby trash dumpster. Peace at last! Hell no! The next night I saw another one walking around and being so proud of himself! So again I went to the expert and again the traps and so on.. Next morning.. nothing.. the next morning .. also nothing.. either he left or he is too smart! Yeah he is smarter than his predecessor. The expert at home could not catch him. He had to call the professional experts. The workers in the farm came and looked around here and there and finally the bad rat was found hiding in the stairs room inside a steel pipe. They killed him at last! In brutal way I should add ;)
The damage those rats did was notable; they chew the edge of the carpet and they cut the phone cable that I used to use to connect while I was watching TV.

After two years of peace, and in the holy month of Ramadhan before almost 2 years, again one of them came home. This time he entered the kitchen through the window which was left open unintentionally. My sister saw him while she was opening the oven! Yes dear readers, this SOB managed to get inside the oven and tasted our Ramadhanic food! And thank god my sister saw him or we would have probably eaten that food! YUCK! So again the expert was called to the battle and this time we managed to kill him manually! A rug was used to blind him and then maybe a wooden stick :D We made sure the window is locked properly at night and we went to sleep. Yours truly came from work just to see that the net thing in the window was torn and I announced the news. We set up the traps and so on and used that powerful glow and put it beside the window. Next morning, bingo!! Not one, they were two! Two ugly mice were caught and I guess the maid smashed their heads with a rock after seeing them stuck in the glow :P
I took a photo of them but I lose it :(

Before few days, I was reading in the news paper about a small Norwegian mouse that was put in an island and there was a censor on him but still he survived all the traps and was even able to travel to another island until finally he was caught!
Now who made these animals so smart? Did they transfer the knowledge they gained about the traps from generation to another? Or the mad scientists made them that way??

Another point is, why does Jerry represent the good in that cartoon while Tom is the evil? Why are they lying on the kids that follow it? It is misleading :P

Done With Dan Brown

The holiday had ended and I am back to work! BOOOOOORING!

Anyway, just before few days I finished reading Dan Brown's Angels & Demons which was the 4th and last novel for him that I read.

I read them in this order:

1- The Da Vinci Code (his 4th novel) <-- too famous to talk about.
2- Deception Point (his 2nd novel) <-- about NASA and so on.
3- Digital Fortress (his 1st novel) <-- about NSA and digital world.
4- Angels & Demons (his 3rd novel) <-- you can say it is the 1st part of Da Vinci Code. Langdon 1st adventure.

I must say that the author put a lot of effort to come up with these novels. I think that the time he spent researching the facts and figures for each novel was more than the time he spent to write the actual novel itself!

I am not sure what is the right categorization for these novels, but the way I see them is that they are action thrillers! Sometimes I even think that the action is way too much! The main characters are either being chased or they are the ones who are chasing! Also there is a pattern that I have noticed but I am not gonna write about it here so that I don't spoil the fun of reading them for those who haven't read them all yet!

As for The Da Vinci Code movie, Tom Hanks will be the main character which is Robert Langdon and the movie is directed by Ron Haward and it is expected to be out in 2006! Thank god they chose an actor who I like watching movies for! Imagine they chose Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise?? That totally will turn me off and will make me hate the novel and even Dan Brown :P

Now I am waiting for the 5th novel, anybody has an idea about it? The story line and the date or something?

Song of The Eid: Making Love Out of Nothing at All

Hello and kel 3am wento bkhair :D

It's been ages since I have posted a song that I like here and I guess the eid is a good occasion to do so. So here you go, one of the classic romantic songs :D

Making Love Out of Nothing at All By Air Supply (click on the song title to go to the song page and the song should start and if it didn't, then your browser sucks and you have to setup the pluggins for real player or windows media)


I know just how to whisper, and I know just how to cry;
I know just where to find the answers; and I know just how to lie.
I know just how to fake it, and I know just how to scheme;
I know just when to face the truth, and then I know just when to dream.

And I know just where to touch you, and I know just what to prove;
I know when to pull you closer, and I know when to let you loose.
And I know the night is fading, and I know that time's gonna fly;
and I'm never gonna tell you everything I've got to tell you,
but I know I've got to give it a try.

And I know the roads to riches, and I know the ways to fame;
I know all the rules and then I know how to break 'em
and I always know the name of the game.

But I don't know how to leave you, and I'll never let you fall;
and I don't know how you do it, making love out of nothing at all
(Making love) out of nothing at all,
(making love) out of nothing at all,
(making love) out of nothing at all,
(making love) out of nothing at all,
(making love) out of nothing at all
(making love) out of nothing at all.

Every time I see you all the rays of the sun
are streaming through the waves in your hair;
and every star in the sky is taking aim at your eyes like a spotlight,
The beating of my heart is a drum, and it's lost
and it's looking for a rhythm like you.
You can take the darkness from the pit of the night
and turn into a beacon burning endlessly bright.
I've got to follow it, 'cause everything I know,
well it's nothing till I give it to you.

I can make the run or stumble, I can make the final block;
And I can make every tackle, at the sound of the whistle,
I can make all the stadiums rock.
I can make tonight forever, Or I can make it disappear by the dawn;
And I can make you every promise that has ever been made,
And I can make all your demons be gone.

But I'm never gonna make it without you, Do you really want to see me crawl?
And I'm never gonna make it like you do, Making love out of nothing at all.
(Making love) out of nothing at all
(making love) out of nothing at all
(making love) out of nothing at all
(making love) out of nothing at all
(making love) out of nothing at all
(making love) out of nothing at all
(making love)

Happy Eid

Hello .. kel 3am wa antom bi khair مرحبا .. كل عام وأنتم بخير

Here is the Eid card for you all :D

So I Have Met Raul Gonzalez

Before 3 nights I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with this famous football player from Spain. For you who does not know him, he is the golden boy of Real Madrid, Raul Gonzalez. So where did we meet and what did we talk about?
Well last Wednesday Real Madrid played against Depertivo La Coruna and were defeated 3-1 :D
And since I am not much of a fan of the Royal Team, I was happy :D
I entered mirc and I chatted with some people who support Real Madrid and I made fun of their team in a logic way I must add ;) I think that night we had talked too much! Then it was my time to sleep and I said bye and covered myself well and I started to dream! I dreamed that I was in a room in my house where we used to play table tennis and even football and there were some board games on the shelves and a lettter. I read that letter and I was surprised to know that it was a letter from Raul Gonzalez announcing his retirement from football ** I think he is retiring because his team is losing all the time and has no chance to win any trophy any time soon :P ** and it contained some information about him! What surprised me more in that letter is that it contained a list of books he is said he read! I didn't recognize any book but their titles looked like they are important books :P

Well anyway, then I woke up and decided that I should post something about this dream! It is not like everyday I get to dream about someone famous :P

The Fantastic Seven

I had been tagged by Allured (which is totally not expected :P) and Najah and here is what I came up with!

Seven things I plan to do:
1- Sleep after a while
2- Read Angels and Demons
3- Get married :P
4- Transfer to other location at work
5- Publish a book of poems
6- Retire from writing poetry after publishing the book :P
7- Retire from work before I reach 60 :D

Seven things I can do:
1- Listen to what people say
2- Search for things online
3- Program the satellite receivers without reading the manuals
4- Write poetry (I think) :P
5- Sleep for like 2 and half hours, go to work for 8 hours and return and watch football on TV for the rest of the day :P
6- Eat too much
7- Get an A+ in accounting and finance

Seven things I can’t do:
1- Drive long distances
2- Sleep early
3- Go out while the European champions league matches are being played :P
4- Not to get online daily
5- Be mean (Though I am sure some people will like to disagree :P)
6- Watch Egyptian TV shows
7- Start a long conversation with a total stranger on a bus or a plane

Seven things I say most often:
1- Aha
2- Ok
3- Hala
4- El ta3baaan
5- Shoot
6- Zain
7- 7ayyak Allah

Seven ppl I want to pass this tag to:
1- No
2- One
3- That
4- I
5- Can
6- Think
7- Of

Nostalgic: Saving Nickels, Saving Dimes

Since I don’t have much to talk about considering my not so interesting life currently and I don’t have a new poem to post, I have decided once again to take a journey down the memory lane and talk a little about my childhood memories. :D

So this is the 3rd episode of my Nostalgic series (Nostalgic & Nostalgic: Up On The Roof) and since the Eid is coming soon (Kel 3am wo ento eb khair) and I remembered the money I used to get but no more since they stopped giving me anything long time ago! Now I have turned to a giver and the kids wait for me to give them their 3eediyas :D
I remember that time and having no wallet, I and my business partner (my younger brother) used to share everything including money and gifts and anything that can be shared. We used to use those empty biscuit and ice cream boxes and store our money and things there. In our small room, that we also shared, we used to have small cabinets and we use to put the boxes in them. Later we became over suspicious, maybe because we used to read too much of those adventures for Ta5ta5 and his friends (el mo`3ameroon el 5amsa) so we decided to hide our stuff somewhere that nobody can find them whether it was our older sister, cousins or even our parents. We thought of digging a hole and putting the stuff there, but we realized it was not treasury so we had this brilliant idea of hiding them in the ceiling! Having that type of decoration which you can lift up the pieces and put stuff there where no one can see them. I even thought that I can hide illegal things there and cops won’t find them no matter what :P

Then we grew up a little and moved to a bigger room and a bigger bed while my brother got a smaller bed, we fancied the small lockers that have keys and a combination lock. We bought a blue one and we kept all our savings there and until now I have it in my room, but unfortunately empty, except for some coins :P

Paper, Pen, Rhymes and Dreams

Hello, here is one of those crazy poems that I am writing recently! So soon I think I will start seeing those things happen to me and I will start hallucinating :P


Paper, Pen, Rhymes and Dreams


My plain paper talks to me
And tells me the secrets of poetry
While my pen dances freely on it
My fingers soon will submit
To the music of the written words
To the letters flying around like birds
Until I get lost between the rhymes
Of love, hope and desperate times

I let my thoughts swim in the yellow pages
Of some ancient books and tales from the past
While my memories are imprisoned in rusty cages
For as long as this pain is set to last
But I have found a refuge in my dreams
Surrounded by sunshine and moonlight beams
Where reality is nothing like the way it seems

I and the Poet

*cough cough *Cleans up the dust from the blog :P

Hello all! It's been so long since I have posted anything here! The blog got dusty. No worries though, I got it all cleaned up and I put some "bukhoor" also for you my dear visitors ;)

I came to you with this new poem. I have finished it sometime ago and I just added a stanza today so I hope you like it. It is kinda a complimentary poem "qaseedat mad7" for myself lool :P


I and the Poet

In my self-chosen isolation
I live a life of my own choice
Surrounded by my own shadows
And hearing my own voice

Lost in this harsh reality
And was found in one of my own
I get my thoughts to my company
Feeling lonely and long to be alone

I write stories on the wall
That only dreamers can read
And I draw paintings of fantasies
All imaginations, will exceed

I create a different world
Of so many beautiful things
And fly around the blue sky
With my poetic wings

I plant flowers between the lines
And my ink waters the trees
And my poems they have a scent
When you read you feel the breeze

Haikus

These are my first tries with the type of peotry called "Haiku". I am not that well familiar with it so you will have to excuse me if I didn't do well ^-^

Waves of the sea
Wrestle the warm winds
Sadness washed away


Naked trees
And beds of snow
But hearts are warm


Her cold breath
Warm on my face
Like scent of a rose