AlAnoud Writes

Two years between us, yet never apart,

One soul split gently, one shared beating heart.

From childhood days in that corridor light,

You were my morning, my calm, and my night.

Matching our outfits, our phones side by side,

In every small thing, you were there as my guide.

We’d laugh till it hurt, till the night turned to day,

Frying at 2 a.m., just talking away.

We’d whisper our dreams like they had to be kept,

And carry each other through all that we felt.

The world felt complete in those moments we knew,

There was nothing I needed that wasn’t in you.

Moony.. my sister, my mirror, my light,

The one who made everything somehow feel right.

In your name lives the softness, the glow, and the grace,

Like the moon that still shines no matter the place.

And you.. how do I even begin to explain?

You’re strength without noise, you’re grace without strain.

Sharp like a blade when the world needs you strong,

But soft like a heart that has never done wrong.

You care without asking, you give without end,

Not just my sister,, my home and my friend.

You bend, you adapt, yet you never lose you,

There’s a quiet kind of magic in all that you do.

Now life pulled us far, to opposite skies,

Different horizons, different goodbyes.

And the older I get, the less it makes sense,

How love like ours could live at a distance.

Because what is this life, if not shared side by side?

What is success if you’re not in my stride?

What are these miles, these choices, this part..

When half of my living is split from my heart?

So no.. ! this distance, it doesn’t feel right,

It feels like a loss, like we’re missing our life.

Because a life spent apart, no matter the reason,

Is a quiet kind of waste we learn to believe in.

And I don’t believe it.. I won’t let it be,

A world where you’re not right beside me.

For one soul like ours was never meant to live

In pieces of distance, with love we can’t give.

So wherever we go, whatever we do,

I know what matters.. it’s me next to you..