Ariz SaleemPoetry and Spoken Word

SPIT CEREMONIOUSLY

Spit CeremoniouslyBy the ink, unleash it in meThe force is a demon in me

It’s through my demon, that I can now see

So let’s be One, let’s not flirt and just playLet’s be One, lest we want but to sway

Back n’ Forth without the place of Whole-ness Come out n’ play, show your teeth, my Lochness

I love you like I love my own,It’s through you that I can hold my own,It’s through you that my anger is known,It’s through you that I plan to find home

- Ariz Saleem

TIME

Time...is not foreverTime ends -- These days and nights are not forever

I know I’m blind to the reality of my time,Here today...gone tomorrow

And so I must hasten my pace,Seek to put things in their rightful place

I must run, rush, plunge, dash to fill the cup of my potential -- I must live.

I...am precious, scarce, and sacred —I am honorable.

I am beautiful and I must make my beauty known... My dreams and hopes, are all I have…

and, they’re all that matter

So if my time isn’t for them, then for what? Then, for who? I am beautiful, And my beauty must be known --

Before my last night, I must find my home Before my last day, I must find home...

Before, my, last, Breath…

- Ariz Saleem