An Ode to the Past Years



I picked up my pen to write about life.

 Rummaging through the memories I had, of the experiences in the recent years, I couldn't decide what to write about and what to leave.

 To those who were kind, forgiving and there through thick and thin, I can't thank enough. God reaches us through them. Then He calls some of them back, like to my friend Nabeela.

 Of those who abandoned, stabbed, judged or harmed in anyway, I speak no ill and wish a fast recovery.

When my fluctuating self couldn't decide,

I put my pen down and gave up the idea.

 Here's to the years of unfaltering, perpetual and incessant journey. 

 Here's to another year of learning and longing. 2017.

Comments

  1. Yasmin Khan 28 April 2018 at 03:16

    Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
    And our hearts, though stout and brave,
    Still, like muffled drums, are beating
    Funeral marches to the grave.

    In the world’s broad field of battle,
    In the bivouac of Life,
    Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
    Be a hero in the strife!

    Longfellow

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  2. Yasmin Khan 28 April 2018 at 06:21

    Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
    And our hearts, though stout and brave,
    Still, like muffled drums, are beating
    Funeral marches to the grave.

    In the world’s broad field of battle,
    In the bivouac of Life,
    Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
    Be a hero in the strife!

    Longfellow

    ReplyDelete

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