to the girl who wanted me to write about
dreams two years ago. i felt i would be unjust
to your wish at that time. now, i don't remember your name anymore.
i wish i did because this is for you and me.
dreams? i don't know much about them
but i know once i stop chasing them,
i might be able to have the things i have always
wanted as an eight-year old; like: being around
a mosque during eid, buying every color of glass
bangles even though some might break on the way back home;
going to every house and talking to everyone like they
know how much they mean to me and how them
offering the sheer korma is my favourite memory;
having a bubble bottle and not losing it while i fall asleep
in the rickshaw.i know dreams in different colors and not a monday night
wondering if i could get to sleep tonight.as a kid when i was asked what i wanted to be,
i knew i wanted to touch the skies.
what i didn't know was, i didn't have to be a doctor for it.