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. 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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