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