DUST

DUST

LOST IN HER SADNESS
KARIMA STOPPED NOTICING PEOPLE AROUND HER
VERY SON SHE REMOVED HERSELF FROM THE VICINITY OF PEOPLE
NOW SHE WAS ALL ALONE BY HERSELF  ,OST OF THE TIME
HER SADNESS STAYED.

AROUND PEOPLE SHE FELT HER SMALLNESS
ACTUALLY SHE MADE HERSELF SMALL AROUND PEOPLE
BUT HER SENSE OF SMALLNESS STAYED
SOMETIME SHE WONDERED ABOUT HER SADNESS

MOST OF THE TIME SHE IGNORED IT
AND SOMETIMES, SHE ACKNOWLEDGED IT
BUT IT NEVER REALLY DISTURBED HER
IT BECAME HER CONSTANT COMPANION

THE SADNESS, I MEAN
WHEN SHE LOOKED IN THE MIRROR IN THE MORNING
THE MIRROR REMINDED HER OF HER SADNESS
THEN SHE STOPPED LOOKING AT THE MIRROR

SHE BROKE ALL MIRRORS IN HER HOUSE
WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL SHE ADORED MIRRORS
SHE STOOD IN-FRONT OF THEM ALL DAY
LOOKING AT HER PETITE FIGURE

LOOKING AT HER DARK BROWN EYES
LOOKING AT HER FULL RIPE LIPS
ADMIRING HER JET BLACK VELVETY HAIR
ADMIRING HER OLIVE COMPLEXION

MORE OLIVE THAN REAL OLIVES
SHE LOVED OLIVES
SHE NIBBLED ON THEM
WHEN HER ADULT FAMILY MEMBERS DRANK MARTINI'S

SHE WOULD ASK FOR THE OLIVES AND HER ADULT RELATIVES
WOULD GIVE IT TO HER
WHEN SHE GREW UP SHE NEVER DRANK MARTINI
IT REMINDED HER OF HER DEAD RELATIVES

MAYBE HER SADNESS WAS BECAUSE OF THAT?
THE MISSING  MARTINI'S AND THE MISSING OLIVES
SHE COULD GO TO THE MARKET AND BUY SOME
BUT SHE LOST THE TASTE OF OLIVES

AND HER COMPLEXION WAS NOT OF OLIVE SHADE ANYMORE
IT WAS PALE AS THE PALE, VERY PALE LEMONADE
SHE USED TO DRINK LEMONADES WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG
BUT NOW IN THE WINTRY CITY

WHERE SHE LIVED, THE COLD LEMONADE WAS
TOO COLD FOR HER TO DRINK...
IT HURT HER TEETH
AND THE TASTE HAD ALREADY DISAPPEARED

SHE LIKED HOT DRINKS
BECAUSE SHE WAS ALWAYS COLD
THE COLD WEATHER MADE HER MORE SAD
AND IT WAS ALWAYS COLD

WHY DID SHE LIVE IN THE COLD COUNTRY?
BECAUSE SHE HAD NO OTHER PLACE TO GO
SHE HAD NO  HOME ANYWHERE ANY MORE
EXCEPT A SMALL ROOM WITHOUT MIRRORS

WITHOUT OLIVES
WITHOUT LEMONADE
WITHOUT THE WARMTH OF A COMPANION
BUT DID SHE WANT A COMPANION?

NO, NOT ANY MORE
FOR A WHILE SHE DID
SHE WANTED A RELATIVE OR A FRIEND NEARBY
BUT NOT ANY MORE...

SHE REMINDED HERSELF CONSTANTLY
THAT SHE WAS NOT ALONE
NEVER ALONE
SHE HAD SOME ONE

SOMEONE VERY DEAR TO HER
ALMOST AS DEAR AS HER DEAD RELATIVES
AS DEAR AS THE WARMTH OF THGE HOT SUN
AS EAR AS THE HOT COCO...

SHE WOULD TALK TO HER COMPANION
CONSTANTLY
DAY AND NIGHT
ALL NIGHT

AND HER COMPANION WOULD INSTANTLY SHOW UP
ACTUALLY WAS ALWAYS THERE BEHIND HER
HER SHADOW EVEN IN THE DARK
HER SADNESS WAS ALWAYS AROUND

TO REMIND HER
THAT THE SADNESS, SHE WAS SO LOST IN
WOULD NEVER ABANDON HER
NEVER....

NEVER TO DAY
NEVER TOMORROW
NEVER DURING THE DAY
NEVER DURING THE NIGHT

HOW FORTUNATE WAS KARIMA
SHE HAD THE BEST FRIEND
ANY ONE CAN EVER...HAVE
IN A CITY WHICH WAS SO LONELY

YES, THE CITY SHE LIVED IN
WAS VERY LONELY
ALL IT'S INHABITANTS
SEEM VERY LONELY

LONELY AND SAD
WAS TO BE WITH HUMAN WARMTH
THAT POSSIBLE?
YES,
BECAUSE EVERY ONE'S RELATIVES WERE DEAD

AND GONE FOR EVER
AND THHE CITY WAS COLD
COLD AS ICE
SLIPPERY...

IT WAS MORE OF A REASON
FOR PEOPLE OF THIS CITY
TO BE WITH OTHER SADNESSS
BUT THEY WERE AFRAID

AFRAID OF OTHER HUMANS
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GET HURT
THEY HAVE BEEN HURT BEFORE
THEY DIN'T How are you?VE THE STRENGTH

TO BE HURT AGAIN
SO THEY REMAIN LOST
IN THEIR SADNESS
LIKE KARIMA...

THEY WOULD RATHER BE
LOST IN SADNESS
IT WAS MORE COMFORTING
THAN PEOPLE

THEY DIDN'T KNOW KARIMA
KARIMA DIDN'T KNOW THEM EITHER
BUT THEY UNDERSTOOD
EACH OTHER'S SADNESS

AND DECIDED TO NEVER GET RID OF IT
THAT WAS ACTUALLY A GOOD CHOICE
WHY GET RID OF ONLY THING YOU HAVE?
WHY NOT ENJOY IT?

WHY NOT EMBRACE IT?
WHY NOIT CHERISH IT?
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG
FOR THEM TO BE LOST IN THEIR SADNESS....

BY
BINA SHARIF
copyright:biasharif Dec, 2019

















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