Friend’s Departure

When I miss you,

I go looking for you

But I just find memories:

Names in the trees

Fall’s leaves on the ground

Complaining about pain

Pain tears leaves

They’re shouting in pain

Their voice is loud

Where are you?

Are you far?

Can I say you are really far,

Or this is the time of departure?

By Lucky

Oxford Institute

Mother, embrace me for a while

I’m eager to feel your warm lap and smile

That I used to love when I was a child

I wish I could become a child again

I need the sympathy, your heart contain

Help me, save me from the tide

From the dark nights, I want to hide

Are fear; sorrows one must find?

Oh, Mother! I can hear your voice clearly

I can hear even if your lips are closed quietly

Oh, daughter, life isn’t always great

Life is sometimes a bad fate

So, if the days are so unkind

And in the darkness, yourself you find,

You must know that the sun will soon shine

And everything will be just fine

You must try and try

And when you succeed, you will touch the sky

If life was bad for a while,

Be sure, tomorrow is carrying a smile

By Zainab Al-Shahari

Oxford Institute