IT WILL PASS

Let your hair down

Tell me where it hurts

Let the tears flow

They will soothe the aches

It will pass

It will pass

I tell you, it will pass.

You say you want to run

But there’s no place to go

Your feet weigh a ton

Your soul sinking low

It will pass

It will pass

I tell you, it will pass.

Tomorrow’s another day

The sun will shine again

The children’s smiles at play

Will ease the dreadful pain

It will pass

It will pass

I tell you, it will pass.

No one ever said

That life is sparking dawns

Or it’s a silver thread

To weave in golden morns.

It will pass

It will pass

I tell you, it will pass.

If silence chokes your throat

Just laugh, shout and scream

Or sing a happy note

To light the blackest dream

It will pass

It will pass

I tell you, it will pass.

In love as in war

Everything is fair

You can slam the door

Or, forgive, love and share

The happiness and sorrow

Of those thirty years

                                                                     -Qudsia Ahmad

[Dedicated to my son Dean

Who said comfortingly “It will pass.”]