A Winter’s Morn Unlike the Bard, Who liked the summer, I’ll compare thee To a winter’s morn — A rainy thunder, A midnight breeze, A wild hurricane in that deep blue sea. ‘Cause you’re much more, Than mine eyes could see — Than words could breathe, Whilst this heart doth bleed. (cough) (cough) Every breath […]
A wise-man with frosty dreadlocks, Once galloped up my street. I asked, “What you got, Sir?” He retorted, “Anything to eat?” He had his full; me still gravely famished, I kept quiet awhile, lest I be admonished, “Sir! What is this Life? Pray, do demystify! I don’t want to live. I don’t want to die!” […]
’TIL DEATH DO US PART! To dearest (would-be) husband: As I wistfully move my fingers, Over the soft lips in your photograph, That I affectionately hold in my hand, Which I took when I bid thee adieu, At that bus station — teary-eyed — Lips — that have uttered a thousand, ‘I love yous’ in […]
Dare to Re-Love! I wonder — what’s more beautiful, Than a broken heart, that dared to love again? Those fingers that once, trembled to touch, Those words that forever clogged up the throat, Those eyes that went sore washing up the shore, That heart that pumped Well — that’s all it did! But now as […]
Well — I usually write long poems — but here are a couple quick short ones! Hope you like it! 🙂 Inside my shroud She came and wept, After realizing my love — And I was so selfish, that I kept my eyes closed — inside my shroud — She was my drug She was […]
There is no ‘One’, you call a soul-mate, That perfect one — chosen by fate! When the stars twinkle, and the planets align — The moon’s at a crescent, and the fireflies shine! When you fly on unicorns, and bathe in the seas. You catch the rainbows, and cozy up the breeze. You traverse this […]
I was asked once – “What is you favorite word in Urdu?” And that was an ordeal in itself. I ended up writing following… 🙂 Hope you like it! Darasal [Actually],there are not faqat [only] one or two, but beshumaar [incalculable] Urdu alfaaz [words]which I like a lot! 🙂 Also, choosing just one would […]
Oh Moon! Thy light doth drown the nether stars, But the broken glass of my heart still glitters more, At times resplendent, at times morose, Oft gleeful and childish, sometimes mature How ‘lunatic’ of you? I have no clue! You change so often, so I can’t swear on you, Oh Moon! Show me your dark […]
Dear — please don’t hold my world, So tightly in your pretty fingers. Your dainty nails dug in perfectly, Into the bottoms of my throb-less heart. But still – strangely — you look so endearing, Smiling — with red smeared on the tips, You wanted to slay me — and I — And I — […]