ALSO AND PERHAPS

as i stretch my wings in that cocoon 

to whistle a different tune 

i break down as i am from moon 

full of aspirations and dream

but not so cool, so that they misrule 

me with the letters of mixed junctures

giving hope and also adding 

some deadly boon in a slow tune. 

they pronounce adding the insecurities along 

stating one word perhaps daylong

with the same tune of different expression 

on that pretty face portraying an impression. 

i speak 

i wanted to shout 

please stop serving me cuisines with 

confusing ingredients of perhaps and also 

which is hard to digest and which harms

my digestive enzymes making it tough 

to digest the other cuisines so rough 

but pleasant and enchanted with charms

of positivity and happiness alarms. 

they break the silence 

as they want to clear the absence 

to filter my conscience

with evidence of incidents 

of perhaps and also 

surrounding me with sadness but 

i take this sadness as my strength 

to lighten the wavelength of 

confusing ingredients to make my 

psyche a beautiful story full of 

happiness and light and serving

it with courage to stand firm as i am right. 

Ayesha Khalid

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