Kiss me where I ache the most
Give me relief from decades of chaos
I have waited for this balm
Ever since I smelt the blood from my wounds

I knew it would be back
Relief only lasts so long
When Spring assuages Winter's pain
It never lasts forever
And Trees must mourn once again

But this time I pray it lasts
Because I am foolish
Foolishness is all I have
To keep me from barred windows

Yet, here you go again
I scrape my nails against hardened, descending sand
Bleeding, breaking skin
It still slips away

I expect to be numb to it all
To not feel the blood leaking from my eyes
This trembling of my soul
Will take my life someday

I wait impatiently

~Maryam Ahmad