Destiny

By Mahmuda Elias

You still appear to me illuminating as light

As I reminiscence our frames every night -

Those brown eyes dipped in honey,

Resembling sunsets when they're a bit too sunny,

And your impeccable grace which can't be bought by money.

Beloved as I recollect the old days,

It's my heart that incandescently says -

'Oh the ruler of my heart

The muse to all of my art,

Why did I, for you, tear myself apart?'

And I keep desecrating my own worth;

But one night I resolved I'm deserving of some mirth

So I reached out for your hand,

But all that I could perceive was barren land,

And that fate was the sea, you were the sand.

You slipped out of my reaches

And I couldn't give a reason

For it took my soul too long

To realize I wasn't the one to whom you belong;

But merely something that destiny wished to begone.

I'm still infused with remorse

And the pain lingering gets worse

As I wonder, “It's only your own fault

For you stood too long for a halt'

And now your garden is just a memory in a vault.

I made a choice so bold

That even fate can't behold -

I'll wait for you lifelong

While admiring you like a lost possession that I adore

As my life sits back watching itself transcend into something so forlorn.

By Mahmuda Elias