Quoted “eyes are windows to the soul”.

Pupils tasteful of onyx coal,

Treacherous as a summer kiss, but

As long as the storm never lasts the bliss

Have they seen what eyelids confess?

They carry as heavy as distress,

The bulky weight they repress

Upon their delicate embrace

Tearful stories we cannot retrace

Written atop a pastel face,

Dark cuticles embroidered with tender Nile veins

Buried beneath are shameful deigns

They protrude from an overwhelming fervor

To the beat of a pulsing ardor

Wrinkles like calm ridges, utter

Louder than eyes can sputter.

About The Poet

Wed Mahmoud is a grade 12 student poet from Al Khaleej National School. A humble 18-year- old Palestinian, an aesthete, nature lover and a literature enthusiast, she was always mesmerized by the English language and how you can display beauty through a simple string of words.

Her source of inspiration is how poetry and literature and how they can gracefully convey emotions. She writes poetry for the sake of sharing her passion and expressing her sentiments.

Wed has found poetry to be the only way in which she is able to speak about her feelings, and by sharing it she always hopes that she has spoken for everyone that shares her perspectives.