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"Faulty Pedestals"

Don't put ANYONE on a pedestal

Don't make them into gods, unamenabel

They may be great

But not enough to carry their weight

When they slip,

As everyone does,

There goes your grip

On what you've learned

And goes your faith in

Every lesson now unlearned

Or worse,

You'll defend them

Blindly become a henchman

Spread their uglyness farther

All because you believed

That whom you've put on that podium

Was the wiser

~AyaAyman (QuintyA)

"REPETITION"

It's not that I don't trust anyone

I'm afraid to trust

Afraid that was once a mountain

Will come crumbling to dust

They say it's okay to make mistakes

As long as you don't repeat them

And learn from their outcomes

It's okay to be cautious

To things potentially noxious

To not want my present and future

To be photocopies of the past

To live strong and smart

Not imprisoned by a cast

~QuintyA

~AyaAyman

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"Bottled Up Bottled In"

You know when you finally decide

Never again to confide?

Because those you've spoken to

Passed down judgment time

And time over

Before you answer,

Remember not to get too cocky

Because you weren't always right

But often clumsy and sloppy

But right or wrong

All you wanted was for someone to understand

If you were wrong, you were okay with an explanation

While someone held your hand

The thing is

It was you who held others' hand

And put yourself in their shoes to understand

So you determined there's no point

To allow anyone else disappoint

You are fine to listen and empathize

And when your worries grew big

You were fine to condense their size

And if one day your heavy cloud cries

Just like you mouth,

You will also close your eyes

~AyaAyman (QuintyA)

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"DUMB"

They told her

Your son is done

She asked how come?

He's unteachable

He cannot learn

Teach him a skill instead

So to a comfortable-ish living

He can earn

She didn't believe it

She believed he could understand

Even if from school he was banned

She taught him herself

Taught him every book

On every bookshelf

And he learned

Grew "smarter" with every page he turned

He became Einstein

Making so many headlines

You are NOT dumb

You're mind was not created numb

You can improve

But you need to put forth effort

Only then

You'll find your groove

Be flexible with what you think

Expand your mind

Don't say I can't

And watch it shrink

Effort is key

To arrive at where you need to be

~AyaAyman (QuintyA)

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"Friend in You"

I've got a friend in you

That I know I can turn to

When feeling blue

You came at a time

When I gave up

On my dream

To have a friend that would

Live up

To the friend I've always painted in my dreams

Because I haven't found that friend

To call my team

But you came anyway

Maybe

To make those feelings sway

So thanks for coming

Thanks for staying

Alhamd lilAllah,

I'll always be praying

~AyaAyman (QuintyA)

Tribute: to all my wonderful friends

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"Faults"

we know nobody's perfect

that in some way in life, we all fit

we all have faults

and recently even to our faults,

we've started to exalt

why is it that we still hold some accountable

hold them to their birth defects responsible

and have made them to our puzzle

discountable

isn't it funny how much we say we accept

how we forget the many stereotypes to us are so dearly kept

reproach them for mistakes

judge if they never give but always take

criticize all you want, but please don't close your gate

don't let what you see outside determine fates

people only want what everyone else wants

is that too much to ask?

why is it that they see dreams as taunts?

we're the same not much different

except you can see their limits

while yours lie under your currents

~Aya Ayman (QuintyA)

Inspired by: A. H.

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"Personal Legend"

How I wish to pursue my personal legend

Stick to my guns

Until the end

Be unconditionally confident

Know that to my dreams

I

Am

Competent

Have my name go down in history

Genuinely

No publicity

I get to see the world

Become a better place

While others pursue

Their legend

To keep with change's pace

Wish I knew what it was

So people'll know

My because

~AyaAyman (QuintyA)

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Inspiration: The Alchemist

"St(W)rong"

Dear sweat pea

Who still doesn't know

What she wants to be

Life's waves take you

Blurring out your view

Leaving you to wonder

If you can see you lightning

Why can't you hear your thunder?

I'd like to remind you

That no one's perfect

Life's waves will find a way

To afflict

You are strong

Even if in many cases

You might find yourself wrong

Your strength is both raw and built

Added to every day

Like a never ending quilt

There's nothing "wrong" with you

And if there is

I know that some day

You'll figure out what to do

~AyaAyman (QuintyA)

Inspired R. A.

Tribute to…

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"Damage"

Before I met you

Damage was done

Which made some parts of me not so fun

It's not an excuse,

But an explanation

Hopefully easing your confusion and frustration

Didn't think to get myself fixed before

I found the easiest choice was to ignore

Now I realize how my flaws can affect you

And I want you to stay

Not see you go

I know it's not easy

But when you intend to fix something

Like a broken wing

You wait a while

Because you know that it can't fly with just its feathers

Instead you need to very carefully

And patiently

Mend all the pieces back together

~AyaAyman (QuintyA)

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"Someone Had to Say It"

Say please

And thank you

Do what you're supposed to do

Hold the door for those behind you

Before judging

Step into someone's shoe

When wrong,

Say I'm sorry

If you have an appointment

Don't be tardy

Be decent

Be kind

To other's business

Don't mind

Walk your talk

To other's flaws

Don't mock

Don't talk about people behind their back

Don't take what's not yours

Even if a measly ticktack

After using the bathroom

Wash your hands

Keep your stand

If you make a promise

To clean your room

Don't shove everything

In your closet

Why don't we follow the lessons we learned as children

You'd think by now

These lessons should be built-in

~AyaAyman (QuintyA)

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"We don't always have to talk"

To communicate is to exchange

Words to move you along to new change

Keeps things interesting

And moving

Especially when both parties

Are eagerly listening

But sometimes

There's nothing to say

But, that doesn't mean that something's gone away

See that's what I used to fear

That if there're few words shared

It'll mean our hearts are no longer near

Lately I've learned that isn't the case

Because just like words, silence

Can also give a warm embrace

Aya Ayman (QuintyA)

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Inspired and tribute to A. I.

"You've Got a Friend in Me"

You've got a friend in me

You saw that friend

Before, I myself

Could see

Through that sight

Became a we

Since we're now friends

I'd like you to know

I've been through

Quite a few blows

That's why I have my high's

And

Many lows

I hope more than anything

The friend in me

Is what always shows

~AyaAyman (QuintyA)

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Inspired by: R. T.

Tribute to: All my wonderful friends

"STRONG INDEPENDENT WOMAN"

Take your junk somewhere else

She won't take it

Even if in need

Her dignity is

Her wealth

Not sure how she came to be

The woman everyone sees

A close-knit family?

A strong mother?

Hugging her like a buffer?

A wholesome upbringing?

Able through every season

To continue living

She has a kind heart

Aaand a sixth sense

To tell

Truth and B.S. apart

She knows she's beautiful

Her father told her so

Filling her confidence full

She's everything

You dreamed of

And more

And your worst nightmare

If you crawl through the window

Instead of the front door

AyaAyman (QuintyA)

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"Like an Ocean"

turbulent and angry

then calm and flexible

unexpectedly whimsy

yet still dependable

salty water

but water nonetheless

providing to many souls

a stable address

can't make up its mind

where to house its tides

on the frontlines on shore

or shying away behind

despite its dialectics

turning its routines hectic

people love it

the way it is

you should love your ocean too

Because

It's you

~AyaAyman (QuintyA)

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"Surface"

Never judge a person from the surface

Cause you'll be doing them,

And yourself a disservice

Sometimes you'll catch them at a bad time

Stumbling out of something

Covered in grime

But if you, or faith were to

Give them a second chance

You'll quickly change

Your initial stance

But

Be careful of hasty trust

Because the mountain you see

Can just be a pile of dust

Those people look shiny from afar

But as you get closer,

You'll find you've been looking

At a mere shiny crust

So what should you do?

Trust away or be a skeptic?

Well,

First agree not to pass judgments

Until you've employed the role of detective

Gather all the evidence

Then, be objective

But also know that even then there's more

To explore

Just like an iceberg

There's way more to see then what you see above the shore

~AyaAyman (QuintyA)

Inspired by: A. I., A. A.

~Tribute to: A. I., W. A.

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"Ignore"

Scrolling through the news

Gives me heartache

It's left or right,

Red or blue

No give or take

So,

I don't watch the news

To shield myself from

A chronic case of the blues

But when I don't know what's happening

How can I stop the news from blackening?

I need to know that people are starving

To help feed them

I need to know when people are bombed

So I can at least help some

I need news that tell me the truth

Not fake ones that CLAIM to be sooth

I need patience to sit through it

I need wit, I need spirit

And I'll need stamina to commit

I need to action to start learning more

Because the first half of ignorance

Is "ignore"

~AyaAyman (QuintyA)

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"THE BIG BAD WOLF"

Before I went out to the world on my own

I had this safe cozy place I called

Home

Its members didn't agree on everything

But everyone seemed

In some way to

Fit in

One day I left the nest

To venture on my own quest

I was taken by the rush of the new world

Everything was shiny,

Impearled

Time went by

Then I realized it was a while since I've heard,

"Hi!"

I looked for you among their faces

Yearned for warmth in their cold embraces

Something was off

An almost robotic tone

Their hands stiff

Spirits hard as stone

How naive I must've been

To think I'd find you in a world so thin

Another mother to wipe my tears

Another father to vanquish my fears

Another sister to stay up with and play

Another family to count on anytime of day

Maybe these people grew cold

From what they saw?

Their houses were weak

Consisting only of straw

After the wolf blew their house, they had to grow claws

So they built new foundations with solid brick walls

With signs of "No Trespassing"

To each and to all

But…

I'm not the bad wolf that wants to take your home

I want your good company

Because I'm feeling alone

~AyaAyman (QuintyA)

~Inspired and dedicated to D. A.

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