THE AMBASSADORS
THE AMBASSADORS
REFLECTIONS
Volume 1,
Issues 3
November 1998
Ms. Hala M. El-Banna has been writing
poetry since her early childhood and was awarded the Editors
Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry presented by
the National Library of Poetry (NLP) for two consecutive years in
1994 and 1995.
She was also nominated by the Board of Directors and Advisory Committee of the International Society of Poets (ISP) as a distinguished member. Ms. El-Banna was inducted as International Poet of Merit for 1995 at the ISP Convention and Symposium in Washington, DC. She has nine excellent publications to her name, and she obtained her M.A. in the field of literary linguistics from the faculty of languages at Ain Shams University, while holding the position of Assistant Lecturer at Sadat Academy in Cairo, Egypt.
The Ambassadors previously published other poems written by
Ms. Hala El-Banna. Those can be viewed in the past issues ARCHIVES section.
SUICIDAL!
The soul is aching from an internal conflict.
What am I supposed
to do says she
I'm in pain, great
pain
Decisions need to be
taken
The mind must reach
And I wanna feel
peace
The she soul in
him talks
or rather screams
It shouts in anger,
misery, agitated
it yells for a
rescuer
forgetting that
solutions lie within
At a point I
thought I've reached
And could swear I was
convinced
But then once again
unsatisfied
with what I've set as
guide
As a friend I tell
and address thy soul to relax
from the pull and
push and that undesirable state;
you're right it's
suicidal and I can't push you to that.
If the forces in you
are damn equal,
that's fatal my
friend.
Forget me, they and
them.
Think of 'you' my
friend
You can start by
asking
thy soul, thy self
In what atmosphere or
rather environment
shall it flourish or
win.
On what land would it
love to rest.
What water would
quench its thirst.
What scent would make
her bloom.
What company would
keep her comfort
What soil would make
her breed.
What sky would
make her wonder in.
What moon would let
her shine him.
What clouds would
make her move freely with.
Thy soul should
only feel good, confident and secure
when reaching a
decision of hers.
Thy soul shall reach
by God's will
what'll set that
conflict aside.
Thy soul deserves to
live
independently with
pride.
