Amad Tariq

Amad Tariq Aug 2019

The Oak

I was once an oak
Big and sturdy
Not a person could reach the roots
I planted them deep
As far as they could reach
While the lands before me lay wasted and ravaged
I stood there soaking up the fire
Time passes and here I am
Still basking in the flames
I regret not changing
Don’t wish to be an oak again

I prided myself in remaining the same all through the years, while people around me changed and rearranged. In the end I was the fool for not changing, it cost me a lot of relationships which is why I won’t be that oak again.

Amad Tariq Aug 2019

Passed

Once again the time flows by
Not a moment I can remember
Wasted and war torn
Another summer left scorned

It’s funny, even when you make all these plans with friends to hang out and have fun you suddenly get slammed into a wall which reads “life”. So the days go by, not a face seen and the only remembrance is the suns gleam.

Amad Tariq May 2019

Monotone

The world keeps on spinning
Yet life doesn’t seem anymore fulfilling
Try as we do
Work and play
Keep the demons of our minds away
Try and make everyday full of joy
But every night before we rest
Employ the curse of fear and logic
Can never escape the thought
In the deepest reaches of our minds
Our lives are all for naught

Amad Tariq May 2019

The River

Everyday remains the same
Endlessly crashing in a river of joy and pain
Like two sides of the same coin
The two faces we wear in our day to day
Keeping our schedules aligned
Never to veer off of the river of life and pain

We keep to a sense of learned helplessness, scared of what the future holds if we try and change. But are we really living life if all we do is remain the same?

Amad Tariq May 2019

Toxic

This woman I love is as toxic as they come
But I spent too much time overdosing to see better
That in reality I deserved so much more than one letter
Showed her nothing but love
Yet she gives none back only takes my love for her own joy
Telling me she’s loves me when with another boy
When I show my true feelings for what she does
Says she wants me for herself and that no one should have me
Yet she gives her body to others fulfilling her desire
Returning to me only when she requires validity
All she does is blame me for something I can never become
I will never be her pride and joy
Because her love is so toxic that it throws me to the void

Amad Tariq Mar 2019

Loving Again

My world will never be the same
You left me just as quickly as you came
I thought you’d be the one to stay
The one to show me it was worth it to love again
But you showed me nothing but pain
Showered me in it again
Now I watch from afar as my heart is torn asunder
As you go back to him again
I regret ever letting myself love again

So far whenever I’ve loved I have never received it back. I’m just there for a laugh and nothing more.