HOUDA BOUKASSOULA

HOUDA BOUKASSOULA

ALTER IN HUMAN NATURE

Oh my Lord

Your feeble creature

Drove crazy this world

Oh my Lord

All the human race

Might ask forgiveness

For not taking care

Of the granted seeds

Of love, peace and happiness

For nurturing instead

The devilish greed

Of lust and selfishness,

Love of power and influence

That distorted our temper,

Turning us into a creature

Addicted to fights and torture

Of fellows and nature

Oh my Lord

I can feel your anger

As a natural disaster

Yet I know, my Lord

Your mercy is greater

Always able to alter

Or reduce the evil and disorder

In every  living creature.

Houda Boukassoula

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A NEW CHANCE

Wandered aimlessly in the desert

Lost through dunes of life

Feet on the burning sand

Claimed it was the end

Looked hopelessly for water

Wanted eagerly to save my life

Was that existence a life?

Copying other's lives

Never so far been myself

Always looking for comfort

Not caring about my heart

Life was emptier than desert

Lost in the open desert

Between death and life

I knew the value of life

I will plainly have to live

What I need is attitude

In every action and behavior

With much gratitude

To show to the almighty

For granting me chance

To reconsider my life

Lost in the large desert

I could start a new life.

Houda Boukassoula

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ACROSTIC POEM

H ope is not enough to make a dream exist

O n the ground you should work and resist

U ntil it comes true to make your delight

D awn will appear whatever the night

A nd sun will bring a new daylight

B e righteous and head away to the day

O n which humans will be ready to deny

U gliness of selfishness from their way

K indness is the guarantee for happiness

A ltruism might chase turmoil and distress

S how the world your heartiness and willingness

S how your magnanimity free from meanness

O f those who give just for usefulness

U gliness won't be easy to chase away

L et's all unite to deny our selfishness

A nd fight to settle peace and happiness.

Houda Boukassoula

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A TRUE LOVER

You are not you

You are another

I can see you

I don't find however

What I saw in you

And wished will last forever

You told me I love you,

I will live with you forever

And acted as a true lover

You can change your look

Your colour or whatsoever

What you cannot change

Are feelings of a true lover

Once they mark the heart

Their print lasts forever

My heart can't bear

Missing you forever

Now turn into you

Or I will have to

look again for you

Not inside me nor inside you

But inside another

That can be a true lover.

Houda Boukassoula

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TOGETHER

Looking like blossoming sprouts

Nourished by the same water and ground

Heated under the same sun and cloud

Cuddled by the  same gentle breeze

Together we used to grow

severed when winds are fully blown

We may turn white, yellow or brown

As winters into autumns flow

Profound joy and sufferings we undergo

A deep sigh might release our sorrow

If only time marks we try not to show

If only we choose together to grow

Hand in hand we may swim across the river

That looks steeper and steeper

We will certainly reach the shore

May be old or with a past we cannot wow

Yet we'll safely cross together

At the end of a tunnel we will see a glow

If only together, not alone

We choose where to go

And make a bright future our vow.

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HOUDA BOUKASSOULA

HOUDA BOUKASSOULA was born in Tunisia in 1969. Started writing poems in Arabic and French at high school. Has written articles as a Basic Plus Author in EzineArticles.com. Has recently started writing English poems on spirituality, humanity, peace, love and nature.