by Ayyub Hassain
Was I someone that was always wrecking your peace?
Did I have to be an unavoidable casualty?
Do you not think of me every time you breathe?
You needed a future without me
Now you have peace
We haven’t texted in a couple weeks
I actually believed you’d keep up with me
You’re having fun with your homies
I’m in the blacked-out sections of all your stories
I can only see you through your saturated pictures
But you haven’t posted since you pulled the trigger
Now I’m in a dark tunnel waiting for the light to flicker
My hand you touched now feels like a blister
You never knew that you brought a heart back to life
You never knew that I wanted you to be mine
Now you’ve become a star in the sky
While you become another cause to my strife
Is it fun out there living close to the ocean sea?
Is the tropical air better to breathe?
You never needed a future without me
Because I was someone that always wrecked your peace
Ayyub Hussain is a Pakistani-Canadian writer. His work has been previously published in Justice for Society magazine, Surge Ontario, and the Poetry Institute of Canada. When Ayyub's not writing, he is either listening to music or spending time with his loved ones.