Fading - Poem By Venus Faiq

You should have arrived much earlier,
Before history starts;
Before dreaming starts.

You should have arrived much earlier,
In order to know you;
In order to introduce you,
to the dawn of my life;
to my mother;
to my childhood friends.

You should have arrived much earlier,
Before love starts;
Before the apple ripens;
Before Adam’s repulsion from Eden.

You should have arrived much earlier,
Before my lifetime gets as long as the way that takes me back;
Before the season of good-bye starts;
Before the season of sorrow and separation;
Before the season of crying and isolation.

You should have arrived much earlier,
Before leaving the tribes behind, near me,
To be burned alive;
Before getting any lessons from the girls,
I see being violated.

You know!
Your arrival now is nonsense!
What is the point of arriving,
After the beginning;
After the event.

Now, it is too late!
You pass by my voice.