For my 18th Birthday,,

For my 18th Birthday I don’t want jewelry

neither fancy boxes wrapped in colorful ribbons

Sure ! that would be nice

but all what I really “need”

is love, safe, health and wealth

for me, and love ones

For my 18th Birthday

I don’t want to write poems

neither cry over songs

I’m getting older

and certainly life will get sweeter “enshallah”

For my 18th Birthday

I “need” a hug, a kiss on the forehead

and maybe on the cheek

For my 18th Birthday

I just wanna fly away

For my 18th Birthday

I want God to kill my obsessive thoughts

I want him to bless me, give me faith

For my 18th Birthday

I’m getting older, hopefully wiser

and madly fighting for life with all I got

For my 18th Birthday

I ask God to only send me a guardian angel

and that would be enough for the rest of my life

‘ Manal

Happy birthday to me !