Subjective Substance

	Online Journal of Poetry Volume 1 Issue 4 July 2003

Something Happened
by Shafeeq Ahmed

Something happened,
Not quite sure when.
My soul began weeping, 
To no certain end.
Taking deep roots
Seeds, which lament,
Drained me of spirit,
Thoughts of hope full spent.

Darkening clouds 
Muffle the soft cries,
While fluent, sad tears
Blind my somber eyes.
Dams of patience broke,
Virtue within no longer swells.
Drowned in lonesome tides,
Entranced under melancholy spells.

Shafeeq Ahmed currently works as a Technical Writer/Editor for the Software industry, and writes fiction, poetry, articles, and reviews in his free time. "Something Happened" was inspired by the Joseph Heller novel of the same name, and was written in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US.

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