Aisha Rani

There is always that one person. That one person whom truly inspires you and makes you believe in the good in humanity. That one person who makes you rethink about life or challenge your normative ideas about strength. This one person I am going to talk about now exceeds everything and it is because her strength is beyond measure. Honestly I am actually ashamed of myself for not writing about her before, yet I feel it would do her wrong by trying to explain how and why she has got to where she is, and what she has had to go through in her life. All I will say is that she is absolutely stunning, from her beauty through to her spirit. My cousin Aisha Mahmood has recently written a poem that touched my soul. The poem is about her story, how she went in for heart surgery and was told she would be in hospital for two weeks. Those two weeks turned into six long months. But I will tell you something, her pain has actually been for longer than that it has been 17 years. However she is too humble to dwell on that, but she did say to me "I want this to be heard". Such powerful words from someone so young, that has more experience of life than I ever will. I love you. 

"Heart Beating" by Aisha Mahmood. 


Woke up, didn't know where I was, wanted to get out of this misery as soon as I could,
looked around and all I saw, was everybody staring at me, asking am I ok? do I need any help? I had no voice couldn't speak at all. 

Heart stopped beating, life was fading then all of a sudden an angel came calling
6 months, stuck in a white hell, smelt like detergent, wired up to the machines, all I could hear was beep, beep, beep 

I never gave up, I kept on fighting, but slowly lights dim down thought it was my last night, mumma's tears hit the floor, all the doctors could say was 'I'm sorry' . blacked out minds, time flew by, simple operation became the story of my life
sooner or later, I found out that mumma fell to the ground, yet I made no sound, lied still on the bed, shed no tear 

Heart stopped beating, life was fading then all of a sudden an angel came calling
had to learn how to walk, had to learn how to talk, it felt like I was a new born baby
it was the worst 6 months, went through hell and back. god gave me a chance to relive my life and now I'm back on track 

and even though its been 6 years, I still remember the pain and looking at my parents face, they're praying every single day hoping I'll be okay. I'll never ever repay them with what they have done, without them I wouldn't be here 

Heart stopped beating, life was fading then all of a sudden an angel came calling