A Fictional Loss Poem by Lubna Hazeem

How many times have i sat by your side?
How many times have i cursed my life?
How many miles have you crossed today?
How many miles since yesterday?

How many things have you wished for?
How many things have you adored?
How many people have you held dear?
How many people around here?

Holding on to a picture
Chasing endlessly after
Love without a frame
Love caving in

Confused and distort
Surprisingly bored
Not a single memory
Was captivating

The emptiness inside
Is holding me tight
A fictional loss!
A fictional loss!

Why do i feel such pain?
With no reason attained?
A fictional loss!
A fictional loss!

Took over my heart
And broke me apart
Into my voiceless lungs
You planted the melody