#poem

Between Shadows and Light

Life is a lantern carried through darkness,
Fragile flame trembling in hidden winds.
Every choice is a breath that shields it,
Every dream, a spark that makes it rise.

We stumble through nights heavy with silence,
Yet stars are born in the cracks of the sky.
Even despair becomes a strange teacher,
Turning broken glass into windows of hope.

Smoke ascended, swirling gracefully,
From the chimneys of mud houses’ kitchens,
As I bid farewell to my beloved village.
Lips of my mother, weathered and wise,
Moved in silent prayers, murmuring pleas,
And her frail, aged hands reached towards the heavens,
Beseeching God for my journey’s success.