Bags n Boxes

Ask, a preacher once told me when I was little
Ask for whatever you want
Ask God He will listen.

I was confused because I didn't know
how to ask for what I wanted
I had never heard anyone need what I needed

I asked a girl, a friend and she said
ask for gifts for things from shops
Gifts in boxes, in bags

But I did not want a gift that could be packed
and broken or stolen or taken for granted
a gift made by a someone, human just like me.

I needed special somethings that no one had
that no one wanted and no one could take away
boxes and bags can never hold what no other can have

I get everything I ever wish without delay
Gifts not from the God of the Preacher
but a baffling God who sends even as I am asking

I wish for ingots of peace
of laughter in friendship and
and quietness in my mind

Gifts in bags and boxes can be re-gifted or returned
Returned like we are to God, resting in Bags and Boxes
put away where no one ever can touch us

When I return I'll leave no jumble,
no clutter to bag and box,
I lived free outside the bags and boxes.

By: Tasnim Jivaji