INTELLIGENTSIA

December 10, 2011

today's word

exaggerate

word group: verb

definition:
1. Represent (something) as being larger, greater, better, or worse than it really is

2. Enlarged or altered beyond normal or due proportions

synonyms: overstate, magnify, overdo, overdraw, aggrandize

antonyms: minimize, reduce, understate

November 30, 2011

by: Nadia Marzuki

a name doesn't define who you are
it doesn't explain what you are
a name doesn't award you acceptance
it doesn't explain your importance
and if blood is the only way
then blood is relation and relation is what gives you acceptance.
I will gladly drain the blood from my body
to be free from this fight
a fight for validity
validity to be me.

past, present, future

by: Nadia Marzuki

the past in life always disturbing
a spiral staircase moving down into oblivion
for my state of mind is not at ease
full of insecurities.

the right path that leads to calmness eludes me
I do not see what others see
a straight path full of serenity
a present bliss that could be.

walking down the aisle of thought
wishing I can see what might be
I cannot change the state of past
my only power is to wait for what shall be.

heavy

by: Nadia Marzuki

I need to find myself
through all these debris
the walls I built
can no longer secure me.

I need to pick up the pieces
every shred of me
to work out this equation
of what's meant to be.

I need to rearrange
the heavy and silly boxes
regroup, reformat
my priorities.

but there's so many boxes
filled with questions and jagged pieces
to trying for me to care
coz the truth is too heavy to bare.