will you not miss it?

street kid

hood rat

are you happy

wandering

will you not miss it

the freedom

of midnights and dawns

spent alone

                                    in lahore 

will you not miss it

your lone adventures

shared ones too,
will you not miss them
your friends

your life

will you not miss it

the way the heavy rain falls
on your short tangled mess of a hair
by canals where none walk
will you not miss
the heavy rain,
the white light
the stationary boats
and a smile across your face

freedom
will you not miss it
a wonder around a temple
beside ruins
under rainbows, on top of hills
sometimes so still
in prayer

will you not miss it

the weeks
that feel like lifetimes
will you not miss it
the busy streets and open skies
calling people up
asking if you can go over
stay over
wait, laugh till it hurts
unrooted
with no inhibitions,

will you not miss it
hood rat
street kid

will you not miss it?
will you not miss it?