You Are Going Down as I Go Up
Sayka, is a self-taught singer, songwriter, writer and a mixed media artist from Dhaka, Bangladesh
Once upon a time in a town far away
From the point of locality
I speak to you of this particular reality,
I say hello, to an astoundingly large ship
Sigh, it is now crossing our way
It is crossing our way,
It is crossing our way,
I had seen you for a brief moment
But your face disappeared,
Then it reappeared as my soul went away in just a dip
I am floating away as my body fades into the mist
You’re going down as I go up
You’re going down as I go up
You looked at my physical direction
All of our scenes cannot be this
Imagination of sheer perfection
If I talked in many sections
Then there would not be an end
To how I was really feeling
At that very moment
They would call it depression
I handle; I handle pretty well
This feeling of suppression,
I had a chance
I had only a single glance
Of your smile
But what I really needed and desired
My brain wired to this precious subject called time
Of which they say 'Once gone never comes back',
As I had only a few words to share
To you it may not cost a single dime
I remember how you acted cunning
My heart beat like hasty drumming
I remember how you fought
Like the brave Joan of Arc
You saved slaves of plenty,
You saved slaves of a good number.
They were the sufferers
Of what we call multiple horrid terror
It was from the start of that very day
I had found what I truly sought for my destiny
I tried to cross,
I tried to pass,
I dream to reach you alas.
I tried to pass,
I tried to send across
Just a few words,
I can no longer keep myself
Behind these shattered glass
I saw too much blood
My eyes were never ready to see so much
They went shut suddenly with painful tears dripping
That was what my soul
Recalled as my last tripping
My soul floated away faster than a flash
My body swayed on the surface with the moss
As I notice you give my body a strange but hesitating smirk
I was better off being with the ignored dirt
Jumbled with many thoughts
Where I am now to where I was
I will not be missing your existence
But...
I'll truly miss the feeling of the grass
And the ground
With my departure
Chapter one ends right here
I pray nobody needs to pay such a shallow farewell, I adhere;
Since now at the end of my breath,
I finally see; I can finally say my last words
In repeat to thee take this as a chorus,
You’re going down as I go up
You’re going down as I go up
You’re going down as I go up
Truly you must be pondering right now
Cannot be certain how you must really feel
Whilst physically present,
I really worked hard turning them wheels
You are just you,
I am just me,
In this brink of reality
I see in me nothing that equals to hate or greed
But I do feel and with all my pleasure,
I finally feel freed.
You’re going down as I go up
You’re going down as I go up
You’re going down as I go up
You’re going down as I go up
© 2019 Sayka Shafrin
