OBVIATED

In my dream I was obviated,
Said the grandma
My story telling was replaced by 
iPads;
My colourful buttons and patches
Replaced by Primark

My wisdom was lingering in a void:
Almost a black hole;
Sucked by density,
No possibility 
For its light
To reach the youth!

In my dream I was obviated: 
Many stories of wars and battles,
Diseases past 
Untold!

Many tales of loves
And myths and legends 
left un-narrated

In my dream I was obviated; 
No remedies for heartache 
For the youth offered, 
No condolences given
For the battles un-won,
No techniques taught
How to fight a foe!

In my dream I was obviated;
Like a unique curtain castaway;
Losing its battle to a fashionable blind.

In my dream I was obviated ;
My teeth missing!
My muscles crumbled; 
Turning into flickering shadows! 
A shadow puppeteer 
Pulling my strings; 
Telling a story of the youth lost,
A story of battles un-won.
Numerous scars on my shadow;
Each telling a story of their own.
Battles, love found, love lost
Child birth, embroidered gilts,
Flower arrangements 
Travels of mysterious lands
Miscarriages of foetus 
Miscarriages of justice.

In my dream I was obviated 
But not obliterated!

Yasemin Balandi