This is a poem I wrote a few years ago. I was digging through some boxes and found it, so...thought I'd share. I'll find more and post them, until my website is back up again.
STRIPPED
You watched me breathe; you watched me bloom
You watch me reach out for the moon
For all that sparkles; for all that glows
You watched me wearily as I would swoon
For life's dispensable mysteries
But now I'm stripped...
Stripped, I am no longer holding on to things that bind me
Stripped, I am made free to love again, for I was dying
Stripped, I am free to shine
Stripped, I am free to soar
Stripped, I have been made beautiful again
My feet, tied up into the ground
I reached up high but fumbled
My soul, weighed down with thoughts abound
I lost my way and crumbled
But there you were...
You broke me down; you laid me out
My pieces scattered all around
My cries were drowning out the sound
Of fear within me
Of loss around me
And I was stripped
Stripped, I no longer hate
Stripped, I no longer wait
For life to bring this world to me
For I am stronger, and I no longer
Hold on to what holds on to me
I am braver; my heart can't waiver
As long as you are beside me
I am stripped
Copyright (c) 2013 Sherien Zaki
