Believe in love

The path is steep
And slippery
And you lose heart.
Scared of falling
You stop in the middle.
Why give up?
Love is holding your hand!

Love knows you
Better than you do
And love will not
Let you go!

Do not look down!
Look upwards!
A change of perspective
Is all that you need
To get out of this
Labyrinth.

The ocean of love
Is calling you!
How can you dive in
If you resist?
Your feet are rooted
To the shore.

Realize
Your true potential.
You were born
To be free to love,
To be free
In the bonds of love.
To be forever in love.

Hold on to love.

……………………………………………………

Authored by Sanjida Shaheed
date: February 05, 2013
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Transcendent

We choose
False identitities
And picture ourselves
Within given boundaries.
We live
In a comfort zone
And tread ever
So cautiously.
As if we are walking barefoot
In an unchartered land
Scattered with shattered glass.

The vulnerability
Of our safely protected
Fragile existence
Shakes us.
And we close the door
To our hearts
To ward off hurt.

Yet we cannot ignore
The longing for
The great beyond.
Looking through the window
We heave a sigh,
Longing for landscapes
Filled with memories
Of innocent days
And dream-filled nights.

Remembrance can save us.
All of this is
Transcient
Like morning dew.
Love will carry us
Back home,
Where we truly belong.
Home is where love is.
Eternally.
………………………….

Authored by Sanjida Shaheed
date: February 03, 2013
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Longing

Duality,
As certain as
Diurnal cycles,
Dictates
My inner being.

It is the very nature
Of things
Outside and inside me.

I am only a thread
On the fabric
Spread across time
And space
And I go even
Beyond that.

As I oscillate
Between opposite poles,
I long for stillness,
For quiet,
For peace,
For communion.
For a moment out of time
Gleaned out of
Blissful eternity.

As I proceed
Silently
On a journey
Towards the final end,
I celebrate alternation
Between relief
And struggle.

I am two-fold,
Awaiting The One.
……………………………..

Authored by Sanjida Shaheed
date: February 02, 2013
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Amnesia

In a world
Devoid of meaning
And emotion,
We desperately search
For a self-image
To satisfy our lost souls.

It is like
Groping for distortions
Conjured up
By a broken mirror
In a dimly lit room.

Habit forms and deforms
Our inner selves.
And when a polished mirror
Reflects us,
We do not recognize
The divine beauty
That we really are!
……………………………..

Authored by Sanjida Shaheed
date: February 02, 2013
shorturl: http://wp.me/p33PbB-5J

Love rules

All you ever wanted
Is love.
Yet you could not sacrifice
Enough for it.

There is a price to pay
For something so priceless!

Love can bring you
Down on your knees.
And pick you up again.

Love can fling you away
Or it can give you flight.

All love wants is
The complete you!
If you keep
Some of your own self
To your own self,
Love will rebel.
You have to pay in full!

“I love you”,
Is more about “you”
Than “I”.

Annihilate
Your self
Into love.
Only when you are free
From “me”,
Will love and you
Be one entity.
…………………………………

Authored by Sanjida Shaheed
date: February 01, 2013
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