POEM 264
LIKE ANIMALS
Living in the city ....
Where hearts are hidden
People live in fear
Danger on every corner
So many are there
not truly human ...
always threatening
like animals
To the jungle
They should go
to live with their kind
removed from the city.
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PASHTOON AND ARAB GIRLS
Pashtoon girls
Like the snow
melt under the sun
Still sitting outside
each afternoon
growing older
remaining silent
never claimed.
While Arab girls
like flames of fire
well protected
burn their men
like the fires of the hell
tormenting them
offered for
and claimed
feeling free.
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POEM 266
STORY OF A DREAM
Ceremony
undoubtedly...
But unaware
It was a hunt.
Man of a ridged society
I am caught up...
They came down
unlike fairies
from the sky.
I, alone looked human
The smiles were sweet
Eyes of beauty
shooting arrows
killing glances.
I became wounded
Ever increasing the hits
my heart compromised...
in need of medication.
Oh great the pain
And still this sweetness
increasing about me....
Intoxicating me.
Who were these hunters
accurate in aiming
Striking again and again
Where did they originate
I the game of the hunt
Found there a great joy
spiritual peace
and freedom.
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POEM 267
FOR THE SAKE OF AN ANSWER
Whenever
I remember ...
The nation
the honors...
A question arises.
Aren't we a disgrace...?
We, who keep silent
As advancement are made
which would make
Our nation and Pashto
Hold their head high.
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POEM 268
BRUTAL HUMAN BEING
Animals with human skin
vicious your behavior
so brutal...
tearing at your fellow man
like raw meat
drinking blood
like it is water.
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POEM 269
GENERATIONS
I ...
now too
grow older.
Time...
Steps fall
then vanish
life...
loses taste
sweetness sours.
Death ...
the end
food for worms
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POEM 270
HUMANITARIAN
A True Humanitarian...
Is not sentimental
Proposing love
with useless speeches.
But takes action
Clearing paths over grown
blocking the good road.
Helping his fellow man.
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POEM 271
DEATH OF MY DREAM
Death to my dream
My heart broke
with each of her hugs.
Great my sorrow
Sweet her smiles
gentle her laughter
All killing me.
And she unaware.
Instead of me
another walks her side.
Forever my enemy
Killer of my hopes.
Ever my beloved ...
Tracking you through the ages
Haunting my dreams.
Driving me to madness.
This the moment to meet
First in a thousand lifetimes
Cruel is my fate ...
she with another not with me.
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POEM 272
OBSERVATIONS OF LOVE
There...
Love enjoyed freely
Like fashion and make up
always changing
like the weather
Here...
Love is restricted
acts of affection hidden
things remain covered
doors remain closed.
Yet...
Lover's hearts beat
for love's honor
ready to sacrifice
all for its sake.
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POEM 273
EFFECT OF LOVE
This Love is true
otherwise Shauq...!
where are you...?
Lost...
Like a Stone
Among the Pashtoon mountains
Where are the beloved...
with gentle behavior
Like the deer
A culture of humanity
Gone ...
Cut down
Like the huge Forest
that once covered Africa.
