Poem: A Girl Who Asked for Everything

 A Girl Who Asked for Everything

I am the girl who walks alone,  

With fire in veins and heart of stone.  

They see my smile and think I’m fine,  

But dreams and scars are both mine.  

  

I ask the stars, “What lies ahead?”  

While books and thoughts consume my bed.  

I chase the why behind the mind,  

A truth the world is slow to find.  

  

  

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I do not live to just survive,  

I burn, I break, I come alive.  

Each failure taught my soul to bend,  

Each silence trained my voice to mend.  

  

They said, “You’re young, stay in your lane.”  

But I’ve been schooled by loss and pain.  

While others played, I carved my way,  

And built a throne from every “nay.”  

  

  

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A hijab frames a restless flame,  

Not shame — but power in my name.  

I wear it not to hide my face,  

But guard a mind the stars can’t chase.  

  

Left-handed in a world so right,  

Still, I push through, I learn, I fight.  

The desk may tilt, the page may smudge,  

But I write fate, and I won’t budge.  

  

  

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I’ve wanted more than life could give,  

Not just to breathe, but to outlive.  

To break the box they built for me,  

And show the world what I could be.  

  

A neurologist with steady hands,  

A poet who still understands.  

A girl who walks through storm and flame,  

But never bows or hides her name.  

  

  

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I’ll go to Harvard, not to boast,  

But prove I chased what I want most.  

Not glitter, not a pretty face —  

But purpose wrapped in silent grace.  

  

So judge me not by age or frame,  

I’m thunder stitched into a name.  

A soul too deep for shallow things,  

A girl who asked for everything.  

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By

Wirda Siddique

“This is a piece of my soul — raw, honest, and growing. Thank you for reading.”