Such is the colorful symphony of life
Where the brightest color can lie
and leave you astray
Some merge with one another
While others fade away
In the heart of success
Things get fallen in the pit
The ball eventually falls back
As hard as it was hit
In the end, I plead and cry
Oh prisoner, do you really know why?
In the midst of storms
that come without warning
Blurring predictability
And the boundaries they’d been carving
I found an urgent craving
To bring life to a standstill
Unfolding the knotted questions
And the burdens of going uphill
In that fleeting spell of time
Darkened streets found illumination
And though I halted for a while
It sowed the seed for reinvention
In the end, a longing sigh
Oh prisoner, do you really know why?
In the depths of the interlude
It came knocking on my door
As I digressed into excursions
Through the faces that it bore
Like a bird with all its’ feathers
Yearning to be set free
Revealing the unseen
The reality of a wilting tree
And showing all heart, it spoke to me
“Now you’ll make it”
In the end, an earnest vow
Oh prisoner, do you really know how?
As I sailed back along the changing tides
And the sun began to set
Melting away the snowy hills
And the eyes began to rest
All the lessons learnt came undone
And growth pointed towards the sky
Lighting a different slippery path
Taking us to a new high
For each journey comes with a million answers
And a million questions for the next
Until it knocks the wind out of you
And ends the struggles of an ongoing quest
In the midst of life, we are in death
Do you feel an instant regret?
And though I try to count till ten
Oh prisoner, do you really know when?
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
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