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I Want To Be Heard By TauqeerBekwi

 I want to be heard!  😭 By: Tauqeer Ahmad Bekwi  "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story" activist and author Maya angelou said. Stories bring us together while untold stories keep us apart. Never judge someone before lending an ear to his or her side of story, because EVERYBODY has a story. Have you noticed it? Do you bear the torment of an untold story? I have too, and thats why I want to be heard! I want to spout the clamour etched in my mind. I want to be heard, even if it is late into the night. No! No!  I can't be heard! Two scribes deputed on my shoulders by God are given the task to jot down every single word of mine. But, I want to rebel right now! I want to tear apart the cage, because I'm of the opinion that sometimes, its good to break the rules. Let me say the unsaid, last night, I was STARING at a booklet of Elif Shafak having pencil in my hand. Some unpleasant feelings of past distracted me. I felt there should be someone to tell them ...