I don’t know,

but life feels like

a constant trial and error process.

You dream,

attempt,

fail,

cry

and

repeat.

Until something unusual happens

and the dreams becomes reality,

so the next dream

is really within the previous

and is simultaneously

bigger,

yet small enough to fit.

What’s sad

Is that with each error

My trial

worsens

Ronald Olaibi

I’ve Learnt

I’ve learnt

Not to assume

Not to expect

Not to trust

To hush thoughts

And hold words

Not to share dreams

Not to fear failure

To remember history

But to forget the past

That life comes with death

And that with an end comes a new beginning

So I’ve learnt

To treasure

Each smile

Each tear

And each moment

Because I know

It could be

My last one.

Ronald Olaibi


“In your darkest hour, rejoice, because sun rise isn’t too far away”

Closed Eyes

He closes his eyes,

because somehow the darkness created by him,

is more comforting than the darkness around him.

 

She closes her eyes,

because sometimes not seeing,

makes an unbearable pain a little bit more bearable.

 

She closes his eyes,

because sometimes obscurity,

makes the gamble justifiable.

 

He closes her eyes,

because sometimes the lack of distraction

helps her to listen to her own voice.

 

They close their eyes,

because sometimes the fall

is too immense to witness.

Ronald Olaibi