Spare Change Quotes

“I chose a path to be set apart.
Now I am a poet, just to be someone.”
― Zaineb Afzal, Spare Change

“When I had it all,
I was left with a hole,
always consuming more.
When I saw it was but borrowed,
I found myself full.”
― Zaineb Afzal, Spare Change

“I am emptied through shallow breaths.
Muscles tighten in my chest.
I think I am a fool dressed up in king’s chamber,
holding a four-leaf clover.”
― Zaineb Afzal, Spare Change

“They are choking on gratitude.
They will preach peace and forgiveness
while bathing their sorrows in vintage gold,
forged by History on twisted spines and bones,
shattered between love and shame
for the sake of patterns in sand.”
― Zaineb Afzal, Spare Change

“My mind is cramped with voices,
and I cannot tell anymore,
are they yours or mine?”
― Zaineb Afzal, Spare Change

“History remains in vain,
repeated again and again.
In war there is no use of pleas
since there is no honour in peace.”
― Zaineb Afzal, Spare Change

“We are born in a burning world blind;
scorched souls in cold bodies; this heart
beats to a rhythm I cannot recognize.
I run to keep up with the pulse of life.
There is a perfect laid out path for me,
then why do I always fall behind?”
― Zaineb Afzal, Spare Change