Diamonds

By Hannah Bhullar

The profound emotion I feel.

The weight of my heart.

The fireworks.

The flames.

The burn.

The rush.

I feel it all when I'm with you…

And I let my colours flare.

I let my melodies roar, that shower our world with symphonies.

And you sit and watch me in awe…

My heart is carved from the bones of this very earth.

Feathers of Phoenices are encrusted in me, and so are the specks of ancient stars.

It is a roaring and thrumming miracle.

And these diamonds that fall from my eyes are proof of the life and love within me...

I shall cry rivers, and you shan’t drop every drop.

You may gift these diamonds to the sky as a gift from this earth,

Adorn this world, this fruitlessful existence.

The shimmer of the infinite ceilings and rainbow prisms are reminders of us…

Of love.

Of passion.

Of the miracle that is humanity.

You are the worshiper of my heart…

You are the bakhta of my soul.

I am religion and you are a prophet.

Together we are hope and a force of love.

Suffering and pain lives within,

Yet, it has never grazed our skin…

Let's rejoice.

My heart can take it all.

And it will wait for you, believer…

You are out there,

somewhere,

Open your arms to this grace!

For it is the first time, I do not feel ashamed of my heart.

My tears are not heavy, and my head is not tight.

My diamonds have dropped away, like the shackles that encircled my ankles in another life.

Pain is for a reason, and the reason is beautiful.

It is humanly, and celestial.

I have felt it, so I can be free.

I have cried, so I can be light.

The pain of losing it all…

The pain of love, and the journey…

I am everlasting; as sempiternal as time.

I am indestructible, like diamonds in the sky.

By Hannah Bhullar