Poetry
Life without Friends
Life is a thirsty walk across a desert
If you don't know anyone true to you.
You have no idea which way to go,
With no one to stand by and lead you.
Life is a post without likes and comments,
If you don't have any friends.
Life is like moving into a new flat
Without any helping hands.
Life is a cell phone with a flat battery.
So you can't make an important call
At a time when you are outdoors,
And people around you are strangers all.
Life is a corrupted file that won't open,
And that you can't even delete.
You don't know if you should leave it as it is,
And you don't have friends who deem it fit.
Life is a missed call that you want to return,
But the caller's number doesn't show.
Life is like living all alone, all day long,
Eating the same food for 12 months in a row.
Life is simply a journey to nowhere,
A monotonous passing of minutes and hours,
A niggling pain you don't want to get rid of,
If you don't have a friendly soul that cares.
Shamim Alam is with The Daily Star
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