You were changed Poetry by Ayesha Asif

“You were changed”

Written by: Ayesha Asif

 

It never feels the same way as if you were,

It feels like a tchotchke, an inexpensive, small, less precious ornament.

Some wrong-doings would have altered you,

Transformed the way you express, feel, think and accept.

How to not accept that you were part of something,

Something important or unusual certainly,

You never know, how could you?

Unaware truths are a blessing to be counted.

With patience, encountering in the most resilient manner.

You were here to conquer,

Then why lost now?

You were distracted, understandable!

Why not to resume again?

Why not roaming on the field, on the streets again?

Afraid of hurting your shoeless toes, your naked feet?

To roam was to find your destination,

Not the final one but the initial one absolutely.

The destiny must be playful with you and your compulsions!

But I know, you won’t settle for less,

You don’t require bundle of roses with sympathies.

I already told you, I know you better.

You changed, you transformed, and you altered.

I saw different shades, several versions of you strangely,

From distance, retrenching, reducing and tightening.

You better cherish yourself, clap in darkness for yourself,

You need to appreciate the timings for everything to be done.

Don’t ever try to do everything at once!

It takes time, step by step, do each single thing every day.

Those unsaid words must have said one day,

Even if it touches the deepest of one’s soul.

Passing side by side with eyes grounded like strangers.

What a limelight moment to remember!

Knowing only the names and nothing else.

What else is required now?

Still expecting the transformation for the sake of what!

Always meant to be unknown, unsung like it was written already.

Hope never dies, it is still alive, breathing lively.

How unapologetically true!

That you were changed taking all inside you.

 

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