Untitled Ghazal - Rachel Ayiku

A guy and a girl enamored in love but time passes

A guy who misses his girl, girl who rots as time passes

I'm a nervous wreck, important people waiting on me

I stumble, I struggle, I go on because time passes

The first day always feels the longest, so painfully long

Just take a long deep breath and remember that time passes

Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance

They say it gets better with time, remember time passes

A darling baby, a bouncing toddler, a happy child

A teen, now an adult, I see how quickly time passes

Winter, spring, summer, and autumn; the seasons change and leaves fall

Can't go back, wait a year, for seasons change and time passes

Gowns of the Gilded Age, short dresses of the roaring twenties

Fashion trends, language, everything changes as time passes

A shy primary student, and awkward Middle-schooler

Now confident in college, Rachel adores how time passes