You Light Up The Dark

When the days are lonely
And the nights dark
When the moods are gray
And shadows mark

When the thoughts frighten
And my spirits are low
I hear your voice
I see you bow

You lift my spirits
You hold me beyond
My pain my fright
My misery’s all gone

I carry you around
Where ever I go
You’re on my mind
My heart and soul

In the strangest places
When bodies around bark
I feel you there
Lighting up the dark

By Nadiya Najib
Written in 2005
Photo by @waliyanajib in Islamabad 2017