Life...? ? Poem by Ridah Ellahi

We fall, we scream,
We burn, we perish,
We beg, we plead,
But this world spares no mercy.
We live our lives,
Going on happily,
The many smiles,
Tied to our memory.
We fail to see,
Life is crucial at every bend.
Storied that are happy,
Have yet to reach an end.
The people we meet,
The hands we hold.
They make us stronger,
They make us bold.
We become oblivious,
To the thorn that is life.
We shall realize this when,
These hands become invisible,
Near our demise, at our end.
We begin to feel,
Life is crucial at every bend.
Stories that are happy,
Have yet to reach an end.
I bite back the anger,
For the sake of the time spent together.
But why should my nails bite into my skin,
When you don’t even bother.
You stand by me,
When you are the one who needs help.
You cushion my heart,
When your own is in peril.
Now our journey ends.
These roads lead us on separate ways.
Now you clearly show me,
Life is crucial at every bend.
Stories that are happy,
Have yet to reach an end…