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Writer's pictureArmaan Yusuf

The Butterfly Effect

Updated: Dec 11, 2022

It all started that day

10 years ago

When I walk through the door

And that's all I know

Those days were to roam

Go home and go to sleep

Life was never the pinnacle

But was best to believe

That the times that I cherished

Was so hard to retrieve

And the burden on my mind

Was too hard to see

And it stayed on like that

For a year or so

Then it went downhill

As the cold wind blow

When your friends overtook

As the conversation started shifting

Trying to be larger than life

But I started drifting

And I went on to go astray

With the talks I was listening

And was down bad

But my heart started stinging

Cut off the weakest links

And the weight started lifting

This era was just 5 years ago

As I began anew

With these words, I grow

And the venom I spew

Went on to consume me

Not carnage enough

But I took it respectfully

Days fell like dominoes

One by one they fell

Racing to be the man

Lord woe I became me

Cause the ink is gone

And my veins are empty

As the chapter ends

Still alive, don't tempt me

Cause 3 years were gone now

And I started moulding myself

And every day passed by

A tight rope with no belt

As the days became happier

But times were gloomy

Cause pushing me down

Was not a way to know me

Negotiated whatever I could

But it gave up too soon

And was stuck under the roof

Working to rework a truce

This brings me to my life

The way it is headed

Cause the final year's the worst one

And has left me shredded

Cause when your worth is dictated

With the pointless claims

To be true is to be you

But that's all they hated

Accepted the outcome

And went for another bone

But this place is worse than hell

I guess I should have known

When you try to reason

Their jaws turn to stone

No need for humble courtesy

Put a curse on authority

In the face of adversity

And move on to let them be

With their own downfall

I don't care anymore

Everyone to me is hostile

With all this rage

I pent up aside

And let it go with these words

That's why when you see me in the streets

I act like nothing's bothering me

Even though half the people

I know have a problem with me

Hate me or love me

Only god can judge me

It's funny cause it seems

Words never mattered when they did

I sigh as I relive

The regret is what's left

Why I even tried when I was set to fail

Cause the past haunts you

But I made peace with my demons

And we never lived happily ever again

Cause it sucks to be me

But showing it ain't enough

How I wonder

The first step

Was it a blunder

Or was it a chisel

To break my shell

Or should I go under

The boulder of life

And meet my demise

A thing so insignificant

Yet it made me what I am

Maybe the caterpillars never died

But the butterfly never sprang.


By: Arman Yusuf

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