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Monday, June 30, 2025

Lucid, poetry by Fatima Azeem

 Lucid

by Fatima Azeem

The Dreams of the Undead

Come to haunt me

On days when the Sky cries and dies out.

First, it’s comforting

But it gets to a point.

And sometimes I wonder instead

If I could just lie in warm arms and not cold ones.

These Dreams take me somewhere reality never could

Where I could reach for something but never have it.

It’s unfair

It leaves an acrid fire in my throat.

My heart feels vociferous, and it fights against my ribs

It wants to claw out and pierce my soul in the process.

So while Time walks away, 

The memory of You stays with the pillow I lay my head on. 

I forget the night to soothe my heart

Only to stare at the snow clouds and wish for stars above.


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