Poetry: Selections from Nadia Khalil

Hunger in My Heart

I could not describe the pangs that
hammer the walls of my heart
because if I did you’d tell me
to appreciate life more

Instead, I bite the insides
of my mouth to restrict the sound
that roars to be let out in the open

I often sleep with a belly full
of echoes and mantras that I have
no room to store oxygen

Left to hyperventilate I was content
with Gods gift to mankind — a heart
that’s been sliced into thin pieces

Although I swallow back my tears
and chug chug chug on a glass full
of water to refrain from shattering,

I can’t constantly keep these words
and satiate the beast that’s roaring
to munch on the vessels of my heart.



Tacenda

Fear is the cactus that pierces my skin
as I hold onto things I couldn’t bear to say

Drip drip until the last drop draws a heart
whose beats are swallowed by the echo of silence

I’d rather keep a mouthful of words and live
through doubts than to purge them and die

Because I believe words are the Valyrian Steel
that stabs the hearts of pessimistic egoists





Nadia Khalil is a graduate of Political Science and International Relations. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in Sudan and a Master’s degree in Cyprus. She dabbles in poetry ranging from pain and loss to love. Her work has appeared in Ninshar Arts and Fiery Scribe Review

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  1. It touches the chords of the heart and leaves a trail in its wake. A beautiful expression of innermost feeling lumped up in few words.

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  2. Powerful and gentle at the same time. You speak for many...

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