cinderella

"pehle kyun na mile hum, 
tanha hi kyun jale hum" 

a hundred years will go by;
the stars will be another decade older
before they align,
and resign themselves to the fact
that not even they can bring us together.

the phoenix will die a thousand deaths,
its ashes forever believing,
until it rises to the truth
that not even lies can keep us together.

all the snow in the world
shall melt and flow into the oceans
before they scream to the rain gods for mercy.
but not even their drowning tears
can allow us another moment together.

the silence of the night fights against the dawn,
without words to cry in anger,
knowing that not even all the forgotten poetry
scribbled across pages lost in the wind,
can give us the time we've lost together.

be brave, my darling.
the only witness to our love
is a fire that burns in the sky, every day
knowing it can never be put out.