Day: June 5, 2021

This is a poem I wrote while thinking about some of the friendships I made in my life, which as years went by, simply faded away. Perhaps something went wrong, or we simply grew our own separate ways…

When we were little
We would play
Never felt troubled
About what people had to say

When I wasn’t well
You would benevolently stay
And check every hour
To make sure I was okay

When I wanted to talk
You’d always be there
Happiness or despair
We would unabashedly share

I revere those times
More than you’ll ever know
I continually question
What made you go

Our treasured memories
Will forever be in my heart
And I’ll always wonder
Why life tore us apart

-SaaniaSparkle 🧚🏻‍♀️

I recently heard about some tragic losses a few of my acquaintances faced lately, and I came to realise how precious and delicate our lives are.

There are no convenient truths. No guarantees. No orders or set amounts of time our loved ones will be there for us. No promises that how we feel now will be how we feel tomorrow. No promise that the health and relative wealth we enjoy today will be with us the next morning. There is a haunting touch of fragility in every single one of our lives, and facing up to it can be terrifying.

Whether the loss of a loved one is personal or public, it serves as an intense reminder for each of us to stop, reflect, and take inventory of our priorities in life. I didn’t know the people who died in a plane crash a couple of months ago. Or…

We hold a power
That no body can break
A distinctive talent
That no one can take

Let’s stop paying heed
To what people have to say
The path to our dreams
Only we can carve the way

We’re valiant and brave
Let’s stand tall and proud
To the person in the mirror
Let’s say it out loud

Within our struggles
The battles we fight
Nothing in the world
Can ever dim our light

A branch about to break
Isn’t the worry for a bird
For her trust is in her wings
And not on the world

Why do we follow people
To the places they go?
Why do we say yes
When we want to say no?

The dispiriting words of others
We must learn to ignore
For our mind is the one thing
We solely have and can control

– SaaniaSparkle 🧚🏻‍♀️