..and she lives a life for others
She has an identity
She can make a mark
But sadly, she is quite like others
Lost in the crowd
Leaving behind no trial
Of her soul.
Filling up the page
Empty head blank space
Just a few words to fill up the page.
Green coloured tea, pink sheets.
Cold feet, warm eyes.
I sit on the side and watch you smiling at me.
Look away,
There’s more to me than you can see.
i
i lie here again waiting for the words to come flowing
to help me describe what’s been going
how do i begin my glorious story
a lost soul in a herd constantly seeking for glory
why do i feel i do not belong
thoughts, actions, and intentions
unwanted and sometimes so wrong
they judge and look at me with hateful eyes
i look down and walk ahead
sometimes with a smirk
sometimes with fear and anguish on my mind
why am i unlike the others
staying aloof,
hurting people whom i like,
it’s not that i like to always be alone,
it’s just my racing unsteady mind,
unsatisfied with what’s in hand.
Us
A walk towards you,
I close my eyes.
Let myself go,
Get lost in your world.
We belong with one another.
We fit just right.
I realize with a smile,
You light up my life.
You fill it with laughter and joy.
Childlike fantasy,
You and me, we are meant to be.
Emotional Struggle
Tears of blood
Etching my soul, carving my being
Overwhelming feelings consume me
Deep-rooted in misery, dreams of the past ruin me.
An ocean of emotional overflow
Words of poetry breed the beast in me
The fight against forsakenness will soon end
Till then the path towards solace continues.
Her Wrath
A delicate soul.
Crush it not with the miseries of the world.
Give it warmth, love, and attention.
It silently demands for a lot more.
Withering in pain, burning brighter than the flames
It steers clear from emotions.
‘cos it knows it will be drowned in them.
Jealousy pierces like a thousand knives.
So, it decides to turn into a stone.
With tears of ice in its eyes.
Enlightened
They watch over you with their keen and judgy eyes
Surrounded by dark red clouds emitting an aura of jealousy and envy
They look down upon you to make you feel worthless
You take a step back –
Fear in your eyes
You try to hide your pain
The pressure is pulling you down
You feel weak in your knees
You’re afraid of being consumed by the darkness once you blink your eyes
So, you look straight ahead with passion in your eyes
The fear slowly seems to fade away
The redness of the clouds begins to turn into a pale white light
Suddenly, you are struck by the lightning of enlightenment
Now, you feel whole and satiated.
Know Again
A drop in an ocean
A tear of emotion
Isolation in commotion
A sign of devotion.
In search of an identity
In the enormity of the world
Struggle, passion, and dedication
Are merely but just words
Stand till you fall
Till you prove.
Two Little Souls
Two little souls out in the sun and sand
Joyous and so full of life.
Lost are they in their sweet land of dreams
Obscure and unfamiliar of the worldly miseries.
They play gleefully with a twinkle in their eyes
Laugh uncontrollably at the silliest of their crimes.
Involved are they so intensely in their games
They’ve failed to notice the dirt on their gear.
How you wish to be like them at times
Carefree and peaceful and true of their lives.
Troubled mind
We lie, we hide
We worry about being wrong
We wrap the truth in a bed of lies
Avoid the realities of life.
We shatter with the truth
We try to escape
Seek easy paths
Alas, you are up for disappointment.
Nuraine Sadaf 