Daily Times

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 29^th 2018.