The heat that suffocates me
Is not the air that surrounds

A suppressed heat inside me
Yet is undefined

Whether a body heat of lust
Or a status of a body temperature
I who is inside within this body
Still remains unexplained
I forbid this soul to go even a step further
Its an agony to let it languish naturally
Yet it seems it will persist forever
The heat is suppressed inside me
Just like me, a soul suppressed in a body


©Nasra Al Adawi, 2004

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