The Hotel Room

Do you know?
Do you?
He walked around 
When I survived 
As one of a Ghost escaped from the past 
A scream of a Woman
That left weeks before 
Where I lay my head 
On a pillow she would do too
A shadow passed this room

Have seen a flash
And flash 
Flashes 

Dressed like an African hero from Tanzania
Hysteria 
He is after
When women loose their line
Named as a "after borderline" 
To give it all away
He would be steady
Ready
He would pick her up
If I would lay 
He would wait
And never leave
That bed 
I would stay in my room
I would stay
Locked safely by myself
Do you know?
Do you?

Weeks before
Shadow shows;
She would lay after she came 
She never made another sound 
He would be there 
To be 
With her
She never made another sound

Rooms to stay
Rooms to leave
A few days
To rest 
Or to be put on a test 
Rooms to rent
Rooms to fill in
Tears
Fears
To run from
To celebrate
Hotels we call 
Hotels he sells
To promise to rest to promise to 
To Singer 
To Sew 
Like clothes and fabric 
To tie like a tide to tie me to you
My daydreams my dreams
Like a needle and some 
Some water some 
Some cotton some 
Lost dress lost suit

Do you 
Do you know? 

Second hand
Second
Someone left the room
Before you do
In The Hotel

By Nadiya Amina A.M. Mohado Sheikh Nur

30-11-1995
17-01-2022