War Between Me and My Soul

  •   Tue, Oct 28 2025
  •   By Nafeesath Ishana

October 28, 2025

War Between Me and My Soul
Today, I saw a tiny creature of God
Near the slum;
It took away my sleep.
I wonder, how can parents be so cruel?

The shimmering eyes of the baby
Kept running through my mind.
The cry of the baby
Was walking through my veins.
I could not sleep that night
It was a war for my sleep.

The baby was very tiny,
As small as a mustard seed;
Its limbs were as soft as rose petals.
I tried to sleep for the second time,
But I failed in the second war too.
It was the war between me and my soul.

I heard someone knocking at the door;
I opened it gently—
It was Mother Wind, who came to calm me.
The gentle Mother Wind kissed my forehead;
I opened the window,
And the Rain God wiped my tears with his own.

But the war for my peaceful sleep did not end.

 

 

 
By Nafeesath Ishana
Nafeesath Ishana is a second-year BEd student at St Aloysius Institute of Education, Mangaluru.
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Comment on this article

  • Steven, Kalasa

    Tue, Oct 28 2025

    Nice one...keep writing 👍

  • Rita, Germany

    Tue, Oct 28 2025

    Dear Nafisa your war was really amazing .Everyone do fight with it in sleep or awake.But your war had a end as soft wind brought back to reality.What nice end .Write further and one day it you will become a good and famous one.Wish you all the best.Something new in your writings.God bless you.


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