Living through life
Cloudy shades of grey
Cold weary eyes
Mumbling in deaf tones at bay
Staring at the dark distance
Unanswered questions at stake
Longing for this foreign language
to break the silence away
Dreaming loudly under curtains
In this life so uncertain
Dreams as pure and white as snow
Trying to save its hidden glow
Getting lost in its sudden mist
Gluing back its scattered bits
Peachy patches leave their stain
Seeking clarity in the rain
A million masks on unseen faces
Make you question your own traces
Getting by through empty promises
Trapping depth in airless cases
Hearing every word without really listening
Like rocks under the sun,
dead yet glistening
Killing pure emotion
using borrowed knives
Losing the essence,
saving your hollow lives
Break the shell of envy and hate
Win your compassion back, lose this debate
Though worldly acceptance brings momentary relief
It fades the plenitude of your belief
For every shade serves its purpose in the end
Don’t lose your edge trying to blend
Dive deep into the centre of your pain
Let it make you human again
The writer has an MBBS from LMDC and has a penchant for arts, music and poetry. She can be reached at bushra_waraich_93@hotmail.com
Published in Daily Times, January 29th 2018.
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