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

Rachel Ayiku is a freshman in the Honors Colleges at UAlbany, majoring in Psychology and double minoring in Sociology and Creative Writing. Rachel hopes to pursue a career as either a child psychologist or a school psychologist. Growing up on Long Island, she enjoyed writing stories in her free time between kickline practice, working at a deli, and managing her high school wrestling team. She greatly enjoys reading and her favorite author is Tiffany D. Jackson.