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Decisions

  • Writer: Ayesha Ahmed
    Ayesha Ahmed
  • Nov 12, 2024
  • 1 min read

I never got to decide what to do with my life

Whether that was choosing biology or computer science in 9th grade

Or what clothes to wear to an event

 

I never got to decide whether to take engineering or medicine in university

Or what time I could come home at night

 

And then you asked me, "Theek laga?"

About a man you had picked, and semi-chosen for me already

 

And when it didn’t work out, you said to me..

"But agreed to him, you should have known better!"

 

How?

How do you expect me to go from not making any decisions to making a decision this big

In an instant

It's like asking someone to drive a car without any driving lessons

And making it their fault if they crash

 
 

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