Inside the Mind of Rody Abdelrahman

Everything was always about you. Inconsiderate and self-indulgent without a clue. How is it possible for someone to be so mindless? Selfish, cruel, absent, and careless? I thought the day will never come where I’d be able to say “Goodbye.” But, finally, it came and I did. For once, it’s about me. For the very read more »

You slit my wrists and watch me bleed. I fall face down onto a bed you placed for me. A bed of jagged shards of glass. Clear to the world is the knife in my back. A knife stabbed deep into my core by you. By your hands. Hands that I kissed a thousand times. read more »

A devil in human clothing, deceitfully cunning and ever loathing. Always on the hunt for the next unsuspecting victim, incapable of following any moral dictum. They befriend and entrust in all of your covenants, unconditional love and care that should leave lasting imprints, in your mind and your heart as a memory and feeling, instead read more »

The comedian told a joke last night. Another joke that wasn’t funny. “She’s delusional! There’s something wrong with her.” Nobody laughed. This comedian told the same joke in the past. And nobody laughed then either. The comedian told a joke last night. Another joke that wasn’t funny. “I don’t know where she gets it from! read more »

Trying to forget only makes me remember, everything that happened since last September. I look down at a magazine whose words read, “One pill to erase your worst memories. Want to try it?” And I can’t help but answer, “How much to buy it?” It’s fallacious to think a person can just forgive and forget. read more »

I close my eyes and remember all that you had put me through; A year recaptured through the evolution of you. You explained that everything you had done was due to depression; and nobody’s questioning the validity of that excuse. Nor is anybody downplaying the severity of being so recluse. What I ask is that read more »

I hope your sleep is full of dreams as sweet as sugar; and I hope your dreams are full of things that make your smile sweeter. I hope that you escape your troubles and awake refreshed and happier, but I hope the most that through your dreams it brings us that much closer. Sweet Dreams read more »

I’m wishing on a star in the night’s overcast sky, hopelessly holding on to a hope that is no longer there. Dedication, devotion, loyalty, love, respect, care, and kindness- Most would say, ingredients needed to brew the perfect potion. But what significance is there in a commonly shared opinion if such an opinion is not read more »

Indescribable are my feelings as of late. A year full of you was a year rich with love and hate. “Your soul has been destroyed,” they often say. All attempts to hide the pain apparently were in vain. My distress signal has been sent unintentionally. I didn’t want the world to know about my grievous read more »

Darkness has fallen early from the storm that just passed. The sound of thunder rumbling has come to a sudden halt. Birds have silenced their chirps as they sought shelter from the rain. The gloom that transpired inevitably affecting one’s psyche. Sullen is my mood as I lay in bed Staring outside the window while read more »