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Longing

By Azira Aziz

Originally published

I long for the sun to shine and to take me away from all the deceptions and sweet things said to lighten my heart in all its falsehoodness I long for friends I knew now blank faces with names that I could not match to laughter shared, tears shed all the things we went through togetherness now slipped away I long for love untold nor given though held cause things unsaid-however few brings not always joy but strife which breaks hearts such as mine I live for what is mine what I have been blessed with the present-however dismal is what I will forge my life with craving for more, yet grateful still I will build my life honestly as I always have.