Yussif Ahmed Ibn Yussif

  Tiptoed to the door On arrival, felt raw The nakedness left me wretched Though I felt rescued   Love comes in different phases Though it wears one face The butcher of loneliness The arbiter of always and forever And yet it can be daunting To a point of succumbing   Heartbreak doesn’t negate love It reinforces it It leaves room for unfiltered love In ways only pain can sustain it   Oh! There is pain in your heart? Sorry That’s your storm Making way for the warmth   With all the cracks in your heart You will recover And you will love again Like never before   You know why? Because when we truly love We love with our souls Not just our hearts                                                   Yussif Ahmed Ibn Yussif                 ...

  Unending woes Woven into wonderful smiles But the world never paused to wonder   Gradually, he withered away All the while smiling Driven into visible oblivion   Many passed but no one looked Admiration and apprehension can be confusing The banks of the river looked confounding But the trepidation in his eyes Well, you couldn’t fathom   He waited and hoped that someone Would stop and ask At least, ask But no one did   As he watched his image float in the water He imagined his soul leaving his body Maybe there is peace in that   He wanted to live But what is the point of it all? The pain had become unbearable And no one to share it with.   He let go as the last splinter of hope left his body His body floating And neighbors wailing   If only someone had asked Maybe, just maybe, things would’ve turned out differently   NOTE Talk to the people around you Let them know the...