Another Door Unlocked Poem by shawal khalid

Your concerns have unlocked another deep-buried door in my heart.
And I am thankful to you, as I live in an encapsulated version of my life.
It's like living in a frame within a frame inside your own story.
Sometimes, I feel dramatic.
Sometimes, I feel melancholic.

I know what it takes to speak your heart out loud. Your expression of discomfort doesn't amount to a grumble at all. It is a reflection, an endeavour to make us grow.

Surprisingly, we have become one;
In silence, in flaws, in craziness, in maniacal love-making,
Yet we split away in normality.

We bear resemblance in little absurdities,
And wrap ourselves in irregularities of time.

I know that you don't waver between presumption and certainty.
For you, the revelation solely emanates from an utterance.

All I know is that, like a wandering star in planetary with no ties of affection I have been silently sinking into darkness.

My long-winded dreams are echoes of you only.
The desire to become a small part of you still lingers in me.

May your insatiable curiosity thrives on like my beating heart