Hearing Aid Poem by Mehreen Mujeeb

In the dark starless night
The street lights smoke and burn
I still see a star
And it’s blinding.

Nobody sees or knows
Yet I can see its light
And even though it blinded me once
I still feel its shine.

Somehow
No star sees me
I feel like the absence of light
My existence no star can see.

In the dark starless night
I still see you on the ground
Reality and fantasy fight,
To see if you hear my heartbeat’s sound.

I probably don’t shine
But how could you not hear my heart chime?