Category: Poetry
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My Mental Health
my sisters say i cry at everything / yeah, i will cry / when depression explodes like a ticking bomb inside / leaving craters behind / that fill up with my tears like rock pools / into which i throw damned seeds of hope / that grow instead into thorns…
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I’m Not Depressed
i’m not depressed / it’s just that i feel tired from time to time / i’m not depressed / i didn’t want to wake up today / i’m not depressed / work has been really getting into me / i’m not depressed / i am slipping into a reading slump…
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Thoughts #20
There are times When I haunt a place,And times when I amThe one being hauntedBy myself.
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To My Teacher
Though you write in black and white, you are my guidance and beacon of light.Thank you for elating me in the right way.I wish you a very happy Teacher’s Day.I thank you for being my best teacher, mentor, and guru.I couldn’t have come all this way without you.
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A Letter to a Parting Friend
Dear Rose,I want you to know that I am always with you no matter how far apart we might be. Leaving isn’t easy for you. It isn’t for anyone. Fate holds peculiar ways to change our lives, but we have to mold around them sometimes. I know it’s hard, but…
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Cycle of Rebirth
With every rebirth,I rise stronger than before.With every cycle,I become whole even more.For the moonis a muse,guiding mein the darkness.They think I am weak.They reckon they can destroy me.But they must be deludedbecause,In the rhythmof fading and rising,I am alwaysgrowing.
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Last Lullaby
Sing me my last lullabyFor I beg you as I cry.Sing me my last lullabyFor I beg under this starry sky. Sing it sweet, sing it long,I want to die listening to this song.Losing light, losing hope,The pain is stronger for me to cope. Sing me my last lullabyFor I…
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To a Parting Friend
If you ever remember me,Just wish upon a star.And I’ll love you back From afar. Know that a thousand milesCan’t keep us apart, For you will always stayIn my heart.
malalai khan 