Ramblings
Broken dreams and broken heartsstay so close yet worlds apart
Anger, anguish, despair dismay
in my thoughts with words Iplay
What is to gain what is to save
True path through life I cannot pave
Can’t find my dreams there is no vision
My soul, my being is the prison
Feel so free yet cannot fly
moaning complaining will Idie?
Don’t want to fail don’t want to lose
Be that may ;did right I choose?
In this train ,on my way
but to where I cannot say
what do I do, what do I choose?
All Seem so right am I the fool?
I write these lines I make them rhyme
let them ring in the echoes of time
People here are dull are dead
No feeling warm, no life just dread
Dread of losing whats never theirs
Piling riches in their empty tiers
For thats their life just an empty sphere
God, Salvation they know not where
Headsets blaring eyes empty, staring
Trudge through life without a bearingI seek the light the rope to hold
for life made of unworldly gold
for purity, highness, strength and might
I wish to pray far into the nightI wish to emerge a changing man
for that I need His merciful handFor who am I what’s making me?
Dark deep thoughts are breaking me
I’ll make it through I’ll break the mould
For I'm His image ; I am told.
Today in History
Mein jidhr gya, mein jahan raha
Meray saath tha
Wohi ek saaya’e mehrban
Wo jo ek paara’e abr tha, sar-e-aasman
Pas-e-har gumaan
Wo jo ek hurf-e-yaqeen tha
Meray har safr ka ameen tha
Wo jo ek bagh-e-irum numa sabhi mausmon mei hra raha
Wo ujarr gya
Wo jo ek dua ka chiragh saa meray raasto mein jala raha
Wo bikhr gya
Meray gham ko jarr se ukhaarrta
Wo jo ek lams-e-azeez tha
Kisi kapkapaatay se haath ka
Wo nahi raha
Wo jo aankh rehti thi jaagti meray naam par
Wohi so gaeey!
( amjad islaam amjad)
13th April: The Birthday that was not to be.
Rabbe Arhamhuma Kama Rabbeyani Saghheera.
The noose tightens
The breath chokes
The heart yearns
The sob stifles
Ssssssh! Make no noise.
She looks out the window
Darkness inside
Whispers of prayers
Stars in the night
A shadow is he now
Nowhere in sight.
Ssssssh! Make no noise.
The machine whirrs
Octopus pincers shriek
MI MI MI !
Rubber soles creep
Vacant eyes gleam
A long-awaited dream
Comes to life
Ssssssh! Make no noise.
The breath chokes
The heart yearns
The sob stifles
Ssssssh! Make no noise.
She looks out the window
Darkness inside
Whispers of prayers
Stars in the night
A shadow is he now
Nowhere in sight.
Ssssssh! Make no noise.
The machine whirrs
Octopus pincers shriek
MI MI MI !
Rubber soles creep
Vacant eyes gleam
A long-awaited dream
Comes to life
Ssssssh! Make no noise.
Remembrance
" Jeewan rog nahi janaa'
lekin woh jo marham ban kar
Har ik zakhm sula detay thay
Ab woh log nahi Janaa'."
(Amjad Islam Amjad)
In memory of my dear father. Rabbe Arhamhma Kamaa Rabbeyani Sagheera. Ameen
26th March 2011
(four months today)
