I screamed "I Love You's" in ways you'll never know
                                   &
choked on the blame as the one who let go...

Let It Go

Life's good...when you decide to look beyond the horizon, when you try to enjoy the dark tunnel instead of anticipating the light at the end. When you decide to breathe not because you have to but because you need it to see your loved ones living. When you decide to forgive because they don't care anyway and because you can't change it. When you decide to leave not because you can't stay but because you want to find something better. When you decide to design the missing pieces to your jigsaw. When you smile because the sun rose and the day is beautiful without him. When you decide he was a mistake and a mistake is supposed to teach you not to fail at it again and the pain is due to the failure and not because he was worth it. When you finally decide to find the silver lining in the cloud.

It's all a facade
All a lie
They tell you it's love
While you feel like dying....

"I Love You." he says.
"Okay!" she laughs,
                                & something about her bitter laugh sings dark tales...tales she won't say.

Cause I'm a closed book
full of convulated poetry & prose
              & YOU
              have never been a fan of reading...

 -and that is why you never knew me

-Bushra Shaikh