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Menal Siddiqui Jun 2018
he is there, at the beginning and the end of the all. he is the light in my veins, telling me i must go on. he is in the seams of every beautiful moment. he is in every word i write, peeking between the lines. you just have to look for him. i turn around and every single time he is there; lips tugged in that beautiful half smiles and arms outstretched. i fall into them every time. i don't know how to not love him, how to not breathe for him, how to not bleed for him. i am bleeding out, my love spilling out through upturned hands. and he grasps them, and i am scared. but with a soft smile he tells me to be brave, and i am. for him. always for him. every breath i take, every move i make, it's all for him. when i am in the eye of the storm, he steps in and there is calm. the waves crash beyond us, the hurricane keeps trying to drag us in, but it's just the two of us. his hand and outstretched for mine and daffodils bloom in his palm. i take his hand, every single time. and i never let go. he pulls me close and the storm turns into a meadow. it is him and me and nothing but sunflowers for miles and miles and miles. the sun beats down on us and we are the epitome of beauty. we are golden.
Menal Siddiqui Sep 2017
there is a feeling that you get
only once in a lifetime.
it is the feeling of being surrounded by happiness so fierce,
it festers and infects you.
it is the opposite of loneliness,
because in this vast desert i have never felt more at home.

with them there is a safety
so pure it cannot be synthesized.
within those i love i have built a sanctuary,
and i do not plan on leaving.
our hearts seem to beat to the sound
of one celestial drum.
the sun may depart behind the mountain,
but we will climb it together
and find the light once again.

they are loved more than they could ever know,
and here in the infinite unknown
the sun will rise once more and we will stay true.
i make my mark in people’s hearts,
i plant my words in their soul
and carve my name into their veins.

i have built my home to withstand the raging storms
and the bold canyon. i have built my home to withstand
the darkness and fear without the astonishing sun.
i have built my home to protect and preserve
the hearts i have obtained.

— The End —