I LOST ME

I lost me Somewhere between silent tears and fake smiles Between “I’m fine” and aching miles Between holding on and letting go I buried myself in what you’ll never know I lost me In dreams I crafted but couldn't achieve In people I loved who chose to leave In promises broken, in words unsaid In the echo of hope that quietly fled I lost me While being strong when I was weak While hiding pain I couldn’t speak While being the sun in someone’s night I forgot I too deserved the light I lost me To fears I fed and lies I wore To battles fought behind closed doors To the mirror that stopped reflecting me And showed a stranger, silently I lost me But maybe, just maybe One day in sujood, in a tearful plea In the noor of truth, I’ll find me The real me who was meant to be