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The news filled me with joy,

A fresh start, a dream come true.

Women and men showered me with congratulations,

Celebrating my upcoming wedding.

Excitement bubbled within me,

Eager to share the news with my friends,

To choose my wedding dress,

My mother brought me to the seamstress.

I was ready to marry the man of my dreams.

But joy was fleeting.

A deafening bang echoed from across the city,

A violent reminder of the chaos surrounding us.

Hope clung to us desperately,

Yet it unraveled in the blink of an eye.

Before I could truly taste happiness,

My dreams lay shattered.

The man I was to marry,

Now wrapped in a coffin.

Amid the ruins of joy,

We held on to hope,

But it felt like grasping at smoke.

Bio

Rukhsar Mutty

She studied law at Northumbria University in Newcastle, United Kingdom. She is a passionate advocate for socio-cultural issues and firmly believes in the empowerment of women. Through her writing, she gives voice to the pain, loss, and grief experienced by women and children in a world increasingly driven by modernity. She is also the author of the book «Tears and Droplets of Rain». This poem is from «Children of War», available soon.