1.
....STRONG WOMAN...
Strong !! doesn't mean you should never cry.
Strong doesn't mean you should never be hurt
Strong doesn't mean you must never feel cold and lonely
Strong doesn't mean you should avoid the dark night
To reach the sun light
Strong, is when you stand against wind and storms
Strong, is to gother your broken pieces
To draw again your mosaïque painting
Strong when you slip and
you cling to nothing
to anyone, to stand up Just Alone and hold yourself by yourself
Strong, when you make forward paths and not see backward
As if you have never fallen
Strong, when you feel fragile inside to feel other's pain
Strong is when you drop tears
And try to wipe them off with the back of your hand.
And you smile i front of those Who want to celebrate your grief
Strong when the little child inside you has not yet grown
An innocent who still needs promises and secrets.
Strong when you scream
Silently
So that no one can hear your trembling voice and unvoiced paroles
Strong doesn't mean being invincible.
Strong, means being human ...
©®Imen Melliti
2. Flowers
How does a flower die alive?
I saw a dead flower in the field agonizing
I said how does a flower die?
How can you bare seeking her dying??
A flower gets dry if the smile leaves her face
, if she no longer cares about her colour
if she does not hold a branche tightly,
if she no longer waits for someone's hand to touch her petals , a
if a sarcastic smile appears on her face
if she no longer cartes of love stories o
, yes this is how a flower can die !and gets dry
the flower dies while she is alive,
she celebrate her mourning deep inside
she lives her burial ceremony alone and then rises again from her throuwn ceeds
To reshape, and rejoin her erosen colour
puts it back on, then goes out to the nature , standing in full elegance, breathing and smiling.. laughing, but innerly dead
she is dead and no one knows!
How many flowers that live with us breath and release perfum
, but always dead and no one can descover her hidden dying soul
, the extinguishing of the glint of hope and strength in her eyes is the first sign of glorified death.
©®imen Melliti
Biography
Mellti Imen hails from Tunisia, she is Ph.D in International Relations, she at present working as a trainer at Public Aeronautic Institute. She is an author of an academic book, ‘Master Your English’, published in 2017, she also got published three books for children, ‘The Real Friend’, The Hunter and the Birds, and ‘Puppey's Day’. Her poetry collection "White Tulip" published in USA with ThirdEyeButterflyPress , the editor of the book is Stephan Bohdan. She collaborated with several international authors and poets to translate their texts from English into French and Arabic, and vice versa. She participated in an international prestigious anthology ‘Paradise on Earth’ in U.S.A., à children anthology as well, ‘Over the Rainbow’... She was interviewed by national and international radio in Canada, Italy and Great Britain. She is a journalist in electronic newspapers, ‘The Egyptian World News’, ‘The Moment International and ‘Wisit al Balad’. She participated in literature magazines with different nationalities. She is a member in many cultural associations and organizations which deals with humanitarian issues and art development. Imen Melliti was awarded the title ‘Peace Ambassador’ by World Peace Forum, as well as by Al Furat Association, she also represented her country with eminent writers of exceptional merit in Panorama Festival of Literature organized by Indus Scrolls Press, she received an honor award from Boyeb Center of Art and Press for her literary contributions, she was a part of an international anthology ‘Women in Love’ published by Silk Road Literature. She was appointed an international member of Culture and Peace by the Royal Palace of kacirebonan.
