Heba Ghanim Abu Khosah

About the Poet

Heba is from Al Mawakeb School and is studying in grade 9. Her hobbies are writing poems and reading fantasy books. Her poem – The Mother was presented in The Poetic Heart 2019.

Mom

I feel overwhelmed by loneliness

Whenever I see myself going  short

Of someone I am afraid of losing

No, no, this does not make me a slave

I’m just a gift from God

I was sent from the sky to make a memory

In the memory of the most important woman

A woman that struggled and fought for my life

For the sake of a young kid who has not come to this world

So how can I pay her the favor back

I want to carry her in my veins

I want her smell to become my perfume

I want to overcome all the challenges with her

 

I was asked one day: Do you love her?

I said, I adore her

She is the Grand Grace

She is the one who gave existence its warmth

Its color and its fragrance

She is the spring of tenderness

Her first name is:

Mother

الأم

يغمرني إحساسٌ بالوحدةْ

كلما رأيت نفسي مُقصرّةْ

عن غالٍ أخشى عنه البعدا

لا لا .. هذا لا يجعلني عبدا

فأنا يا سيدي، لست سوى هبةْ

بُعثتْ من السّماء لإثبات ذكرى

في ذاكرة أهم امرأةْ

امرأةٍ جاهدتْ وحاربتْ

من أجلِ أنْ أحيا

من أجل غلام لم يترجّلْ على هذه الدنيا

فكيف لي أنْ أسدَّ ديني؟!

….

أريد حملَها في عروقي

أريدُ رائحتها أن تغدوَ عطري

أريدُ أن أتخطّى معها  كلّ التحدي

….

سُئلتُ يومًا: هل تحبُّها

قلت: بل أعشقُها

إنها النّعمةُ الكبرى

إنّها من أعطى الوجودَ دفئَهْ

.. ولونه.. وعطرَه

إنّها نبع العطاءْ

اسمها الأوّلُ:

أمّي

About the School

Al Mawakeb schools are managed by AMSI and provide a comprehensive university preparatory education to students of all backgrounds and nationalities.

Although our medium of instruction is English, we have a multilingual learning environment. Students study the English, French, and Arabic languages from K-12.

Upon completing twelve years of education, students receive a high school diploma which enables the graduates to pursue higher education worldwide.