Raheema’s Poetry

Raheema’s Poetry Poetry, like Art surrounds us but fails to be recognized. Both powerful tools of expressions.

Poetry surrounds us in music & expressions particularly those found in literature Poetry is slowly becomming a “Lost Art.”

05/18/2026

Jealous heart

Kicking pebbles as I walk by
My thoughts filled
with memories of you,
of a lost love.
Filled with regret too late I cry.
I want to kick myself
For letting my jealous heart rule me
I saw you hugging him
Jumped to conclusions
Didn’t think it could be innocent
I let my jealous heart get in the way
I didn’t trust our love
Didn’t trust you
I chased you away
I placed a golden band
On the wrong left hand
I said I do, to the wrong one
I said goodbye to you
Now my jealous heart hurts
With every beat
With every breath
With just memories
Thoughts of what we could have had
Now my jealous heart cries
It sighs with each painful memory
My jealous heart
Now is alone and blue!Ra

05/17/2026

Prison without Windows

Here we lay side by side
Hand in hand
Heads together on the pillow
My mind wanders
As I feel you touch my face
You ask me what I’m thinking
How can I tell you
I’m thinking I’ll never get out
Of this prison without bars
How can I tell you
I want to run everyday
Not from you but from life
Only I can’t make past the door
How can I tell you I open the window yet I cannot breathe
How can I tell you that this prison
Without bars is suffocating me
Yet I can’t seem to leave
You’ve tried to help me
You’ve held my hands
You’ve dried my tears
Yet I can’t tell you what I’m contemplating
I can’t tell you what I’m thinking
You won’t understand and I fear
You may become trapped
When you should be free from
This prison with its windows
This prison without bars
How do I tell you to go
Yet I wish you’d stay
So gently I take your hand
I kiss your Lips as I lie
And say nothing
My mind is blank
I have not a thought
but to love you…©Ra

05/17/2026

Well of Tears

There is a well in my heart
That sometimes
It dries up
Other times
It over flows
Sometimes no amount of tears
Can fill it
I pray for you each day the sun comes up
Each day the sun goes down
I dread the sunrise, the sunset
It’s just another day to remind me
That you’re not here
That you’re never coming back
Another day to remind me
That goodbye
Meant forever.
I sit here, tears staining my cheeks
The Pain in my heart
Will never go away
I’m reminded each day
the sun comes up
Each day the sun goes down
That I’ll never hear your voice again.
The love, the laughter, the light
It’s all gone.
You’ll never hug me again
tell me you love or even give me the weather update.
You'll never laugh at my jokes.
Time has become
My worst enemy
It goes by so quickly
That it’ll soon be a year since I said
My final goodbye
A year since I laid you to rest
Since the well of tears has been created
The tears won’t dry
The hurt won’t stop
The time can’t be reversed
Some days the grief of losing you
Hits harder
Some days I wait for you to call me
To tell me you read my poem
To tell me the weather in part of town
But they don’t come
Who do I turn to
Who do I tell
Who do I share the memories with
It’s me, it just you
A father,
A daughter that misses you
Beyond words.©️Ra

05/17/2026

Memories And Reality

Here we lay soul to soul
Heart to heart
Lover to lover
Laying by your side
Contented and relaxed
looking into your eyes
I recall a memory of long ago
Like a broken winged bird
Unable to fly
Unable to care for myself
Don’t know how I survived
My spirit like my wing was broken
I was ready to give up
you took me in
Gave me love
You mended,
not just my broken wing
But my heart, my pride,my soul
And now
I’ve fallen so deeply in love with you
That I can’t imagine life without you
As my friend
my life’s partner!©️Ra

05/07/2026

ABC & 123

I sit in the garden,
watching the children play.
Hopping, skipping, giggling
It takes me back to being 5 yrs old

The world was my playground
Life was wild, it was happy, it was carefree
Not a worry in the world.
I played till lights out
And thought I understood love
I gave my heart to the boy
Next door.
Told him I loved him and
Someday I’ll grow up and marry him
He kissed me on the playground
He kissed on the swing
Just a quick peck on the cheek
Thought we’d be together forever

Wishful thinking….

thought I knew love back then.
I played shy to keep his love
Time froze
We grew up and parted ways
We found our real sweethearts
We moved away
We kept in touch for a while
Then forgot about each other
Now I ponder
As my memories go back
I wonder where you are
Do you still remember the days
Of ABC and 123
I look at my children
And think the world didn’t really freeze
Just my concept of time
Do you remember
When the world was our
Play ground?©️Raheema Ali

05/07/2026

Once Upon A Time

We had love
We had comfort
We made a home
Not a house
We had it all
When all we had
Were each other to hold to
We couldn’t wait for night to fall
The cover of darkness
To make love
Love like it would last forever
We walked arm in arm
Shared secret looks
Stealing a kiss here and there
But that was all
Once Upon A Time
We locked lips
Not just a peck on the cheeks
We stayed together
We thought our love
Would last forever
But that all Once Upon A time©️Raheema Ali

07/11/2025

Pretend

There’s a light in his eyes
The same light that shines
In hers
A fire that burns
In their hearts
Childhood sweethearts
She was ten he was twelve
He held her hand
As they played pretend
Someday you’ll be mine
And I’ll be yours
We’ll be together until forever
The years went by
Life that took them down
Different roads
He looked at the little girl
Asking him to play house
As he said you could’ve been mine
I have a little boy
he could have been your brother
I loved your mama
with every beat of my heart
Still do
But I often wonder if she thinks of me
She fills my dreams at nights
My thoughts in the day
But I wonder if I ever cross her mind
I still love her; always will with my last breath
I wonder if she still loves me or
Are we just two ships passing in the night
The little girl leaned into him and whispered
The fire still burns, the lights are still on
As she ran off to play with the boy next door.©️2025.Raheema Ali.All rights reserved.

07/10/2025

Chasing Rainbows

Sometimes you have
To stop chasing Rainbows
Have to stop dreaming that dream
Chasing that fantasy.
Have to stop chasing rainbows
Cause no one chases after you.
You chase the Rainbow
Just to realize
They’re just a bunch
of sparkly colors
There is no end; no beginning
Just like a broken dream,
a fantasy
It keeps on going
It’s empty
It’s colorful
it’s sparkly
But it’s hollow
Stop chasing rainbows
Stop chasing empty dreams
Cause just like rainbow
You come to realize
it never really existed
In the end
You face a harsh reality
Cause you come to realize
Love like the rainbow
After the rain the Rain
Is a facade.
An Empty fantasy©️2025.Raheema Ali.All Rights Reserved.

07/10/2025

Passage Of Time

We were young
Wild and carefree
Held hands as we ran through the cornfields.
Reaching the end,
Still holding on to eachother
looking up at the storm filled Skies
We hid In our special place
We run for cover from the storm
I feel your hands on my cheek
I taste your kisses
And I hungrily return your kisses
As the time fast forwards
Here we are
still holding on to eachother
We’re older
Still holding hands,
hiding from the storms of life
Looking into your eyes
Wondering where did the years go
Man they went by quickly
One day we were running wild
Through the cornfields
Next we were watching our children grow
Where did the years go
Seems like only yesterday we fell in love ©️2025.Raheema Ali.All Rights Reserved.

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