Experiencing Loss

Experiencing Loss

“May you never experience loss again,”
She said to me.
I love it when someone tells me that.
Loss is such a heart-wrenching experience.

I remember thinking of Mohamed.
Whenever I hear of sinking boats,
Or a nighttime burial,
I feel immense pain all over again.
It was a very difficult time.

I don’t know if I made the right decision back then.
Should I have followed my heart?
If I were to have a daughter, would I let her experience the same thing I did?
Should she follow her heart?

My life was great.
I had complete freedom.
I worked at an accounting firm.
I loved my life back then.
I was in love with my cousin for years.
My family advised me to forget about him,
But I didn’t want to.

He made my life even better when we got married.
But it was God’s will.
May he rest in peace.
I’m having problems with my mother-in-law now.
No matter how hard I try to stay away from her,
She always finds a way to butt into my life.

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