In all my life, I’ve wanted to be as I am with you – Just me. In all my life, I’ve wanted to share as I do with you – Just me. In all my life, I’ve wanted to love as I’m loved by you as just me. -T~February 8, 2010

A year ago I was starting an adventureA year ago I was buzzing with the unknownA year ago I was longing for what I was leaving behind Then, the year passed in a blurThe year passed with great perplexionThe year passed with the future always unsure Now, somehow the world is spinning a little slowerSomehow…

Passion and comfort Excitement and stability Spontaneity and consistency Newness and trust Balances to be made and found Bringing my ideals to the ground Of reality Is it too much to want it all? Is it too much to refuse to fall Victim to hope’s demise? Surely there must be a compromise…. -T ~January 20,…

What happened to my dreams,Where I used to imagine were in the clouds? What happened to my faith,Where I used to see His face in the clouds? What happened to my voice,Where I used to speak and sing to the clouds? What happened to the joy,Where I used to find in the clouds? -T~written in…

The words echo throughout the townEn masse the people stop to pray Where has the voice gone?
From whence does it come? Do they all believe in the call?Will these boys become men if the time came for them to standfor honor, country and Islam? Amidst the words, the voices, the prayersWhere am I?Where do I…

It wasn’t until the end was nearThat it became so clearOur hearts are intertwinedSo strong is the connection of our minds A friend, a lover, a confidanteA laugh, a kiss, a shoulder to cry onAll these moments we shareAll these emotions seemed to come from nowhere Yet as we weave our wayIt feels only natural…

Caught in a whirlwindYou aroused feelings I never imaginedCould beInside me – raw anger deep hate strong loathing only disdain for you Once you were my only oneI never thought these emotions could comeWas it so hard to see – my love my devotion my pain my suffering for you Now you can only point…

Oh how the tears wet my pillowAs my arms ache in the absenceThat makes my heart droop like a weeping willow As the sun sets each nightI dread the darkness rolling inKnowing its the shadows I have to fight Every part of me misses your presence,Your eyes, your smile, your smell, your touchYour breath, your…

Almost a year ago a drunken statement madePut into motion the uniting of our hearts.Though time would pass and plans waylaidTo keep us physically apart, Nothing could stop the emotions from colliding.Nothing could stop the tears from falling.Nothing could stop the aching.Nothing can stop the loving. Now we move forward at a rapid paceHoping for…