ArabianOud {R}

Moroccan musicians make their grand entry at the Salam Festival in London. The event took place during the summer and attracted a very large audience in Regents Park & Kew Gardens. The entry of Moroccan musicians excited the audience, the amazing sound of drums woke up my soul, it was amazing, a fusion of drums, flutes and the amazing rhythms. Image: taken by me

People often confuse style with brand name only but that is totally wrong, because style or fashion come with the way you carry yourself, the way you interact with people in general. Style is not bought by money, you can surely groom yourself but not buy ettiquetes or manners by money. So the next time you gaze into the display window of a boutique, or pick a Armani outfit, make sure your worthy enough and entail the contents to carry that out well. Even someone wearing an unbranded outfit can make themselves look trendy and well approached and liked, because of their humbleness or their down to earth attitude. Materialism does not go with us to our graves, it is our character and our good qualities.

You wear a mask & pretend you can be something you ain't in reality. You played a game with me and tricked me into loving you, taken away my trust and finally crushed my hopes into crystal pieces. How could you? You say you are single faced but in reality you are so two faced and a big hypocrite. People wear a mask of sincerity but are so hollow from inside and full of vanity and lies. They keep cheating people and finally when people leave them , they live with a lie and finally are so frustrated that they are lost and in deep misery. You can wear a mask but not for long because one day your circumstances will unveil your lies and punish you..

When people you know behave so cold one day, You question yourself ‘ why?’ You start blaming yourself for all the mistakes, Slowly, you realise it was all a drama, Everyone vanished and you were left on your own, Silences over took my body and sealed my lips, I walked down the streets lonely trying to smile, The echo of violins melted my heart smoothly, Sitting at the airport all alone, waiting for my flight, I notice how people in groups smile and joke, Hoping I had the same, my eyes showered tears, He loved me, he promised to be my only for eternity, But he left me one day, abandoning me middle of the road, They called themselves my best friends but they lied, For they never cared about my presence ever, Lip services were carried out but nothing practical,I was called ‘selfish’ , I smiled and listened to their words, Selfish for being too considerate and emotionally wrecked, When people you know finally leave you, it’s the end, But a new beginning of your isolation takes off, It to...

I am a corpse in flesh and blood, yet surviving, living, not thankless to God but lonely. I am made feel emotionally dead, empty, so unwanted, I was the life of every gathering and circle but now no-one wants to know me, they fake sympathy and friendship, I was full of life, dancing around and smiling and spreading joy and sharing, but now I am lonely, This carnival is full of faces, unknown names, so noisy yet sounds so silent, I am a corpse, I need to live again, to feel I am not dead before my body has crashed in grave, This body is but a cage, the freedom is gained when I fly higher beyond your thoughts, And leave this cage behind, it's shackles of emotions and misunderstandings, Always labelled so badly, called ugly names and called a cheat and betrayer, I smile and listen to these words and my lips read their comments silently, Hiding my tears in my eyes, saying to God, why did I have to be here? Coz no matter what you do, these people will always call me bad names to their...

Standing by the shore tonight, I feel so cold full of fright, Imagining how you disrespected my love, I have never felt so alone, For a moment, I feel your with me, Your fragrance of Dhehnel-Oud passes by, I am mesmerised and totally in love, Kissed by the moon- light and cold weather, The shores totally drifted me away, Sitting on the cold sand, I am building a sand castle, Where my dreams reside silently, Cheated, betrayed and bruised, I am emotionally empty within, Felt it was true love, you & me, But less did I know, it was a lie, Living a lie for such a long time, Believing you were mine, I escaped and burnt my wings, Surrounded by your memories, It feels to hard to let go of you, Close my eyes and wake up to afresh, I wish it were so easy to let go of love, But for now,I am so emotionally damaged, Waiting to be healed by true love.. Coz now I realise, I was never in love but only cheated By me Image courtest- www.studioeb.com

I am the Queen and the Ace and I will never compromise beyond this level ever. I love playing hard to get and being myself coz being too nice means being an easy catch..My rules, my games, my cards, my choice, you play, just you and me.. The game is about to begin.. Wait and watch... Yours Arabian Oud R