🌹 Engravings Beyond the Ocean 🌹

Sami Khelifa

To the one who sits beyond the ocean,

Yet lives within my veins... and defines me ❤️

O Mother, despite the greying of the hair,

A child in your eyes I remain... you revive me.

 

 

Despite the frost of exiles, and the harshness of the sea,

The memory of your birth blooms in my heart... to warm me ❤️

This is my longing, Mother, and my soul's plea,

This is my yearning... and the ache within me.

 


In your eyes, Mother, I see the sky as it bends,

The Amber Glow whispers to life... to guide me ❤️

A mirror of a soul that time cannot break,

Welcoming the world as it comes... your grace sustains me.

 

When you laugh, the gold blooms in the distant horizon,

But when you tire, the color of dreams fades... to haunt me.

 

Like a butterfly resting on the eyelid of a cloud,

I search in your eyes... for the warmth to calm me ❤️

 

And when the mist descends like a Silk Sefsari shawl,

I glimpse in your gaze a thread of light... to lead me.

 

Your color does not change when the world turns away,

Your steadfastness remains... my promise and what saves me.


Whenever I look at the sky, I see you there,

Wider than my exile... and closer than the breath inside me ❤️

 

Mother... your prayers in the distance bless my steps,

Weaving from your secret whispers... the faith that fills me.

 

O Mother, wider than any sea that separates us,

Closer than a tear on my cheek... the love you gave me ❤️

 

If my heart loses its way in the storms of my journey,

It seeks refuge in your eyes... where memories embrace me.


Send me from the gold of dawn a warmth that lingers,

To shield me with mercy... as your certainty heals me.

 

And my Father.. like a silent branch of a rose,

Leaning toward you in prayer... his love completes me ❤️

 

To you both, all the Heavens that love can decree,

O pulse of my soul... O light of the years within me.

 

🎁 Happy Birthday to the Heaven on Earth... my Mother 🎁

You are not beyond the ocean; you are in every breath.

Mother, the secret of being... the soul of the sky...

The light of the evening... the warmth of the winter ❤️

 

I did not come to write, but to scatter my feelings,

For you are my country... wherever you place me ❤️

 

If the Heavens are sought in the heights above,

You are my Heaven right here... and that is enough for me ❤️

  • Author: Sami Khelifa (Offline Offline)
  • Published: March 3rd, 2026 13:08
  • Comment from author about the poem: Dedicated to the woman who is my 'Heaven on Earth,' these words are translated from my native Arabic to honor her life’s journey. Despite the parting of paths with my father, she dedicated her entire existence to raising her five children single-handedly, turning her sacrifice into the very light that guides me through me through the journey of life. ❤️
  • Category: family
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