in PH 2018 (School Poets) Poets of Al Khaleej National School

Words by Safia Ahmed

Words, oh words, worst bullets of all,

For they don’t physically hurt

Yet scar your soul

A scar that can’t be healed

Or pushed away nor sealed

Words, oh words quickest bullets of all,

Once out, they are never back

No matter where you shoot’em

Always headed to the heart, oh them.

Words, heaviest bullets of all,

Spitting out of the mouth…

Destructive, repulsive,

With harmful breath, impulsive.

Words, darkest bullets of all,

Some left unsaid, unread

Yet… the heart bled.

Words, oh words,

Poison to the heart,

With nothing to cover the scars

About The Poet

Safia Ahmed is a student of Al Khaleej National School studying in Grade 9. She find joy and pleasure in expressing her feelings through words of poetry.

She finds significance in a few, yet expressing words. A tune of enthusiasm streaming out onto the pages, words that stream into each other to deliver a message.

Safia has participated in various events including AKNS Talks, where she talked about judgment and how words can affect people in so many ways. Apart from that, she enjoys English literature and writing and aspires to major in poetry and English.

She believes that poetry is the only way to tell a story that can be felt.”