"Mama, Where Are You?"

[areena ashfaq]

I woke up today, mama, and called out your name,
But the room was quiet... it’s never the same.
Your smile, your hugs, they’re lost in the sky,
And I sit by the window and silently cry.

I looked in the kitchen, I looked by the door,
I looked in my heart, but you’re not here anymore.
They told me you went to a place far away,
But why did you leave me? Why couldn’t you stay?

I talk to the stars when I can't fall asleep,
I whisper your name when the sadness runs deep.
I carry your laughter like a song in my head,
But mama, this world feels so empty instead.

Sometimes at night, when my pillow is wet,
You visit my dreams, and I try to forget.
I see you smiling, you wipe my tears dry,
But morning arrives, and again, I just cry.

I sit in the class, and they laugh and they play,
But all that I wish is to see you one day.
I write in my diary, I draw hearts and wings,
Hoping somehow you'll hear when my lonely heart sings.

Mama, if heaven has windows to see,
Please look down once and smile back at me.
Hold me in thoughts, if not in your hands,
I’ll wait till we meet in the faraway lands.

But till that day comes, I'll be brave, I will try,
I'll live for your love, and wipe my own eye.
Mama, my angel, my heart, my best friend,
I miss you, I love you, till the very end.