Draining Poem by Suhad Salih Abubakar

We all have secrets
we want to bury deep
We all have wishes
we badly expect to come true
We all have people
we admire secretly
But can't be courageous enough to confess
We all have apologetic answers
we wish to confess but its too late
One way or the other
we will all depend on someone though we are independent.
Life is too swift
Death is swifter
Enjoy the little joys as they come
Don't wait to enjoy at a later day
Because one way or the other
We all need to recall good memories
To smile to ourselves in old age
To tell the next generation how we lived
To have lessons to teach
To have tears to shed
And most importantly
To be satisfied with what life has taught us