It started with a joke
And you laughed,
It wasn’t funny
Still you Laughed,
And I knew
I had got you,
You were mine to keep,
Our children
Would carry your genes.
Our children…
I sigh,
How I envisioned a future
I had little control over,
But you knew.
Oh you knew
Of the finite time in your sand-clock,
Grain by grain..
But I had told daddy about you-
About the man with
Cerulean eyes,
And deep set brows,
About the man who drove at a snail’s
Pace,
About the man who’d father his
Grandchildren,
About the man who
Worshipped his Lord
Five times
Five unfailing times daily,
About the man I thought I could keep
Till the sun rose from the west
Till the trumpet blew
Till I am buried under deep…
I had told daddy all about you.
But the abnormal cells won
Here we are-
I joke,
No one to laugh.
I Stand
You’re buried under deep
Reality seems like a nightmare
But I pray
I pray to the Lord you worship
Worshipped…
The man I thought I could keep
Is at peace.
The above image is courtesy of Pinterest
This is stunning work.
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Aw thank very much Azul ☺️
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Most welcome 🙂
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Time and time… but the gods remain silent, as always.
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Excellent poem, very sad. Life doesn’t always work out like we plan. The stumbling blocks can be huge and in this case ..fatal.
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Thank you Jc. True! Some times, we forget how unpredictable the future can be.
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*sob* *sob* *take a Kleenex and blow my nose* Poor girl. 😦
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I know 😔. I hope she finds her happy ending.
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You wrote it too well! That’s why it could evoke emotions to the readers. Bravo! 🙂
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Thank you very much Funsie 😊
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You’re welcome. 😉
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So sad and inspiring… 😦 Loved it so much ❤
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Thank you very much. I am so happy to see you loved it 😄
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It never ends how it started. She saw a future before she started living in the present.
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Exactly! It the excitement of the moment, she forgot the further isn’t always what we imagine it to be. 🙂
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😦 That was so good!
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Thank you girl! Glad you like it 😀
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Welcome!
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So hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking sad. Excellent Ameena!
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Thank you very much Pj. 🙂
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Bravo! This is a fabulous piece Ameena. Is it based on a true story?
🙂
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Thank you very much Stacy. no it’s not. Purely a work of fiction. I actually can’t even pinpoint what inspired it 😀
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Very well done, my friend.
🙂
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Be still my heart! This is once again a beautifully written poem! Tugging on the heart strings <3! I got a email sent to me about poetry contests, I really think you need to enter!! It is very nice cash prizes!
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Aww Joy, thank you☺️☺️ I am glad you felt that way.
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impressive and touching words…
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Thank you very much 😄
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beautiful piece of work , well done my sis 🙂
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Awww, thank you ❤😊
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Awww, thank you ❤😊
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Life isn’t always as we expect isit?
Beautifully written.
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No it isn’t! And many times we tend to forget that.
Thank you
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