Barkat Magazine VOLUME 7 | Page 21

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Vol-7

I know how exactly

a struggle

looks like..

Squeezed cheeks

big popping eyes

empty stomachs

shrieked bones

pale skin,

heart aches inside.

They live in the place

where there is

no space,

no room,

no shelter,

but the ground of battlefield

and every single day

they are fighting off

the wars.

Tears brimming

in their big eyes

shaking legs

still stand

with open wide

mind

still carrying so many dreams

in their upside down world

to thrive.

And waking up the

next morning

with the same routine,

same hope,

same heart aches.

I wonder sometimes,

did I struggle exactly

how they spend

their nights?

Harsukh Kaur

Struggle