Red Orange Leaves.

Crackling on the way

 These winds never stay

Don’t hide those tears

And fold those tenfold fears

But people always say

Its life that we portray

You think it’s all forever

But neither life nor you were here

We had our greener days

Were happy in breezy sprays

Thought times would never end

On fleek those times spend

Had shades as thick you imagine

That grew with time like passion

But things don’t stay forever

It’s the law of universe, a hidden treasure

Let go is the message we give

Life isn't for living but to outlive.

(SamimaShah)

Paths !

Paths were made

Sealing one’s fate.

Tunes high n low rung

For the songs of love and hate

Regrets will eat me up

Ghosts of past emerging high

Wake me up from this nightmare

 Reality’s also bitter, so I cry

Why I looked for others

Why felt pain of everyone

Lost in those paths; never meant for me

Tangled in the yarn; that others spun

Or is every stone stacking

In its place, is at home

Confusions organized as myriad divisions

Still clinging to faith; my only option.

(Samima )

Star.

Once a star of a long lost galaxy

I now am mortal of few tendencies

My hands are shaky

My gait slow n weak

What point life arrived

Looking back feels weary

 I had once a river of love in me

Ended in sea of grief ... shortly

Wrath and anger consumed me all

 I was my life’s own adversary

Haste made my present invisible

Regrets magnified faults to infinity

Regrets are for the bounded ones

Remorse for the ones in captivity

The freedom of choice, to live as wish

Is your own, not other’s luxury

Then why you limit yourself as a star

When the universe is flowing in artery.

Such vastness of thought

Such awe in imagery

Physical strengths were a bonus

Provided for early mastery

Your ideas made you special

Not hercs or maiden personality

So be your own hero

Create your moons and Sun

Gloominess is not the very option

Hope will rescue all torn n weary

Get up and stand for your own self

Show the world your shiny destiny.

(Samima Shah-Faheem)