POEM 195
YOUR GODLINESS NOT YET REVEALED
Whenever...
my heart wishes to fly
my hands like wings
begin to fly...
Like blowing air
moving them faster
higher in the sky
fly ..fly...fly
the last of my will spent
my wings become stiff
darkness covers my eyes
I am stalled...
Everything before me fades
deprived of feelings
I become static in space
So I pray ...
Almighty God
far off this place you live
away from human existence
in the centuries of journey
the distance between unending
Though the closer I strive
Your Godliness yet revealed.
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POEM 196
MISGUIDED PASSENGER
Oh friend of mine...!
When I sit back
the horse of thoughts
gallops onward
towards the fountain
But You are not there
Wiping sweat from brow
I speak to him
my friend
with words quaking...
" My eyes
have yet to see
the girl who laughs
and speaks to me
on the phone"
As I uttered
these words
he smiles
with a wry look
speaks these words
"Mr. Shauq...!
you are a poet
the passenger
who runs after mirages
in the desert of life"
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POEM 197
PEOPLE WITH CUT HEADS
I remember....
yesterday
heads were attached
I remember also...
How they moved
talk and laugh...
It happened suddenly
everyone found
carrying their head.
blood dripped down
all seeming to say
what is the cause...?
No one aware
These heads are dead
Their mouths sewn shut
Void of speech
Their eyes closed,
still they are walking
The dead keeps moving
Human beings shoulders hanging
unable to restore life to the head
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POEM 198
IN SECRET
Tell me friend...
if the people in your life
consider me your friend
remove my name
from your heart,
But if they don't...
then my name will
stay written with yours
as it is on the walls,
Fulfill love's demands
and let the world
be against us
saying whatever they wish.
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POEM 199
VERSES OF POEMS
I feel spiritual unrest
you are the queen
who holds state over my heart
Each night brings dreams
the delegation of sweet feelings
Like the presentation of red lei
When morning comes,
The dreams inspire my writing
in these verses of poems
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POEM 200
DOUBT IN FAITH IS SIN
Neither
I am a Hindu
nor you stone statue
can preach...
Though I have yet
demanded from you
the things which prove faith
like the praying virtue
of puja pat and ashnan...
Doubting in your love
I am considered
by many blinded
faithless sinner
like an atheist.
I rub my forehead
day and night
and submit to God
but people will doubt
my faith be true.
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POEM 201
DEPART FROM ADVANCEMENT
As I remove
the dust
from the face of peace,
Wiping clear the creases...
I see bloody faces
seeming to be human
but having the teeth of beasts.
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POEM 202
AMAZING ADDRESS
In the name of whom
I truly dedicating my poetry...
Today...
Her voice recites my verse
She asked me
the meaning of my verse
not recognizing it was her address
amazingly ...
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POEM 203
STRANGE GLOBALIZATION
The people who title
The world as a village
Mentioned...
" All the countries
on this globe are
like houses
in one village
and should have
their streets open"
In truth,
enormous walls
surround their cities
not allowing others to enter
claiming its for protection sake
