Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Rain on Montesquieu building

It’s raining outside while I am sitting here in the Montesquieu building of Tilburg University studying European History (politics and culture); an extra interesting course I am following.

Watching the rain is so calming, while I am actually sitting inside this cozy and warm building, with a hot cocoa on my desk. The view is beautiful. I have an emotional bond with this place. I watched this same view when it was sunny and shiny and I even studied outside in the beautiful weather, I watched it go through the beautiful mesmerizing snowfalls, I’ve been here with my friends who study law while finishing their bachelor’s thesis, I’ve sit here with my classmates discussing economic assignments, I’ve sit here till late at night while working my a** (oops, sorry) neck off for preparing for exams, and like now I’ve sit here alone and read, researched and wrote a paper individually.
It’s raining outside, I have to leave for a political meeting in two hours, but I hesitate. Montesquieu building has turned into my home (thereby painting my own house as my second home and my mum’s house as my third home). I spend much more time here than anywhere else.

You know, sometimes I came here in the early morning, I saw all these half-sleep faces, stayed here for a while then left for some classes, came back again afterwards, met with some friends or classmates for some discussions and when they left I stayed and study so long that when I was ready to leave, I saw that the busy building M has turned to an empty hall...

It’s raining, as if the sky is going to miss me if I ever leave this place, but... Actually the feeling would be mutual...
Cause Like the M building, Holland has become my home through the years I was growing up, and no matter where I go, and for how long I stay away, whenever I come back, it feels like... like... well, like; "there is no place like home".

e-books

In request of the e-book committee of the Tilburg University

My books
My precious precious books
My bookshelf for bragging
oh, my holy image…


Your time has come
e-books, shall take thy place
from now on
I will be admired
only
for the ones I read
indeed
not the ones I own

~ Fari Naz

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

He said, she said

He said:
Liked your little leaves
they seemed to breeze

somehow

And, I am wondering,
do you wrap your kisses
round Him
as subtle
as - tin foil
round flowers

Liked your sweets
from a country
close to you

somewhere

She said:
Liked your mesmerizing verses
they covered my worries

for a while

wished, He could be as gentle
with the spirit of a poet
when the creepy monsters appear
and have the ability to burn me

sometimes


~Stijn vs. Fari Naz

Monday, September 8, 2008

Words of wisdom to fresh(wo)men

A week, late
for my words to start.
they have been terrorized
in the knowledge’s yard.
they have lost again
their identity.
Was everything I knew
all my life
a fraud?
Yes, a week late
but these I have come to found
for you, if you don’t want to keep down:
To never lose your guard, have it around!
and know for sure
that nothing is sound
The base-rule for you to hang on
is to doubt the ground, you stand on
no ideology, word, thought, or belief
not even the rule I mentioned is
forever to keep!


~Fari Naz

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