A Life or Death

Fahd Wani
2 min readJan 4, 2023

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Picture clicked and edited by Watchkhaled

This feeling of being numb
Cut my skin, you will find blood white
This aching throat won’t spit out
Aaah these cracked ribs
This punctured heart

No strength to stand
My body being buried
By this gravity of pain
There is no fear,
Emotions strangled dead

Is this a life worth choosing
Call on blackbirds now
I’m not alive but still breathing
Why not be dead now
There is no fear left in me
As I have accepted myself
This flesh was never met to stay
Just bury me now

My eyes see nothing
Dreams are mere shadows
I’m chasing nothing
Why I’m being prisoned
Holding accountable for?

Screams can’t be heard
For now, there is no sound
These noises that you make
Aren’t verbal but pierce through,
My skin and my bones

Is this a life worth choosing
Call on blackbirds now
I’m not alive but still breathing
Why not be dead now
I have failed to comprehend
The depth of this plague
These voices in my head
Keep screaming for my death

You talk about grace
You sell forgiveness
Why am I not saved
By your false promises
(Have the beads being torn
Is the devil taking over?)

With my heart still beating
I looked up to the light
With this bit of soul remaining
I stood up for one last fight

Nasoor, growing
Nasoor, spreading
Nasoor, taking away my sight
Nasoor, it’s all dark now

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Fahd Wani
Fahd Wani

Written by Fahd Wani

I try to make you understand the importance of simplicity.

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