Thou were the merci from God

Shall I describe what the journey was like?

Of these thorny branches and lofty palms

Met a many muse like there

left me with nothing but pain

All our of grief I bleed that onto paper

The value thyself denied

Then the clouds roared with thunder

and amidst all this storm a rose fell

from the sky

Making my bad days a little better

Bewitched by its beauty I pricked thyself

and never stopped bleeding

My beloved; thou are the rose.

Abeerah Irfan

Abeerah Irfan is from Lahore, Pakistan and attends the Beaconhouse Liberty Campus. She has four published works on a national level, including three poems (two in English and one in Urdu) and a prose. Abeerah also has work published internationally and is working on her debut epistolary multilingual novel. When she isn’t writing, Abeerah enjoys reading, writing, and making DIY projects. You can find her on Instagram @the_elegist_.

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