POEM 1
A NEW DAWN
In years of cruelty past
there came a new dawn
the bright light burned
melting frozen hearts.
Come New Dawn...
break forth a bright new day.
Oh sun come...
part the long dark hair of night.
The time has come...
The need for a new justice
Freedom from all these
demi gods of money.
Sun burn away...
Melt these gods
and their ice palaces
Leave nothing behind
But God's judgement.
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POEM 2
BROKEN BRANCHES
See ...
the desert heart
waters its thirst.
Sweat
Blood
Tears...
The Desert demands
and buildings must rise...
Walls to be built.
Blocks formed.
Ill treated
those sweating hard at labor.
The earth runs red
beneath the tree of life...
Workers hanging like sheep
in the desert butchers' shop...
Where droplets fall
and blood flows.
And in this endless cycle...
those that are left behind
with red eyes weeping
leave rivers of tears
mourning those now gone
and the desert ...drinks.
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POEM 3
DEAD FOOT STEPS
With forward step...
fear consumes me
my heart sinks.
Premonition...
Death is calling
soon I shall be gone.
Vanishing like steps
in the sand
erased by wind.
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POEM 4
FIRE AND WATER
Set not your beauty's blaze
upon my fragile heart...
Oh friend know you well
the power of such fire.
The trouble is yours.
What will protect you?
There is no water will extinguish
this fire of your making.
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POEM 5
WALKING DEAD
Conscience betrayed
living body
sleeping
as dead
People of now
walking
funeral of the dead...
Those to be mourned
carried away.
To eternal rest ...
The body merely dust
To be blown
in all directions.
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POEM 6
FRIEND OR ENEMY
The question...
who to avoid
or whose hand I shake?
I see them
With their angelic looks...
Great deceivers
sucking life's blood
doing satanic acts.
I see them
with dusty tattered clothes...
the wandering lost
miss used by those of wealth
always looking skyward.
I see them
With sweet flowery speech...
Having granite hearts
and the looks of a snake
hidden their venomous bite.
I see them
With hundreds of faces...
Flattering their tongues
lacking humanity
and not worthy of trust.
And again the question...
who to avoid
or whose hand I shake?
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POEM 7
WIDE OPEN EYES
People of sorrow
liken to a skeleton
they hunger and thirst.
People stripped Bare
like branches of a tree
gone leafless in autumn.
Hearts of the rich
Basking in their luxury
remain eternally blind.
They refuse to see
the devastation and pain
the plight of the poor
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POEM 8
LONELY MOMENTS
Pen in hand...
I place nib
upon your picture.
there to place
My mark
Upon your face
As I attempt to write ...
Your face vanishes...
and there
I write this verse.
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POEM 9
HUNDREDS OF FACES
Two hearts
mine a mirror
yours a stone
your strike
behind is left
hundreds of tiny shards.
Each shard
mirrors your face.
My heart now
the mirrors
of hundreds of faces...
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POEM 10
DEFEATED SOLDIERS
Like the soldier...
with flag in hand
I advanced forth
seeking victory
over your heart.
The first strike was yours...
I was frozen...
with one quick sweet glance
those beautiful eyes
taking my heart prisoner.
Instead of my planned occupation...
I surrendered...
my dreams and feelings
one by one they fell
like defeated soldiers.
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POEM 11
PRECIOUS PEARLS
Oh sun light...
Cruel your hand
breaks the string of pearls
of my night's pleasure.
Oh sweet dreams...
precious pearls
scattered orbs
unable to restring.
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POEM 12
HOUSES LIKE SHRINE
Since time gone by...
For heart's desire
Brides of Pashto
with henna red
their hands they dyed.
Houses of Pashtoons
like shrines
are draped in flags
of red and green.
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POEM 13
SENSELESS WALLS
Distance lessens
between the sky of blue
and the dust of earth.
each day...
But the distance
between men's hearts
lengthens...
They grow fat
motionless
Like senseless walls.
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POEM 14
SLEEPING MOMENTS
Willing was I
to make the dreams of night
true in the light of day.
Dawn breaks forth
now with my eyes open
your true picture I see.
In your face
I find before me
a myriad of truths
from sleeping moments
my life is revealed.
