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The hazy mirrors of my unconscious

Recognise your reflection

When you come with subtle steps

Strengthening acquaintance with me.

You have no face, no shape, no contour,

But the spirit of you is known to me,

Known for long, you dear recognition,

A dear dear fellow of mine;

So loyal, so rich and enriching,

Bequeathing me always with the best you hold,

The best of the griefs!

I no longer get perturbed

With the notion of you

Wriggling towards me;

I welcome you

With the best of mine.

You can take away from me

All you need,

My happiness, my pleasures and my breath!

But contentment is not to cede.

I saw you in partings and departings,

I saw you in disease and in death,

I saw you in the shattering of my dreams,

I saw you in times, standing before me,

When eyes showed the ruin but no man;

In hours of loneliness, I saw thee.

Loneliness!

Which perturbed God

And He created

You, me and all the universe

To play the game

Of granting Will.

I accept thee,

With that granted Will;

You be with me,

Until He wants to see!

The writer is currently pursuing Masters in English Literature at Government College University, Lahore and can be reached at zainabhashmi95@gmail.com

Published in Daily Times, January 27^th 2018.