POEM 135
HOW BIG IS THE WOLRD?
I journey onward ...
Just a few more steps...
and I will finally reach
this world's end.
Exhausted...
I sit to rest awhile.
Surveying what’s left ahead...
Realization strikes...
Like a snake crawling...
Life's path twists and turns
and the distance ...
are always expanding.
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POEM 136
WHIRL WIND
How it happened..?
I do not know,
When I looked upon myself
I saw...
the tree of youth
You came in my life
like a whirl wind
changing everything
and now..
it is all so different
The tree of Youth
has thrown down its leaves
the ground is covered
and I ...
left in confusion
For since you came
and in your wake
the damage done
God knows...
what you truly were
My first thought
you were just a girl
then perhaps a fairy
could be...
just the fast winds of time.
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POEM 137
FACES,MIRRORS
AND QUESTIONS
Once again
Open eyed till morning
I question...
Do I choose to see
these faces within faces?
Will all these faces
reflecting in the mirror
of my caring heart
lead to prosperity ...
bring about peace...?
No answers are forth coming
I close my eyes to sleep
The mirror reflects faces
questions spring forth
once again I awake.
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POEM 138
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?
That was you ...
Hey Pashtoon!
keeping the people going
moving life forward
they followed your steps,
But look at you today
You can not move
strong legs now useless
You seek aid
Unlike the blind...
You have eyes
which are healthy
but you will not see
In time to come
The eventuality is
You will go unrecognized
and lose all your dignity
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POEM 139
THE FLAME OF FORBIDDEN FIRES
Hair flowing down
red cheek
like burning coals...
Igniting eyes
Sparks flew
grey, green and blue ....
This rain of fire
burns me
my body melting ...
Smoldering lust
spreading
through the world.
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POEM 140
WORDS OF
THE MIRROR NOT MINE
The day of Herders
now has past
their way of life
now driven by others
Even their children
know the candles
have gone out
and see by a new light ...
The other side of the mirror
still holds to pride
in the ancestor's sword
now blunt by time...
Reflecting on one thought
we will be the winner
but we became the loser
and now live like slaves
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POEM 141
HOW MUCH…
I LOVE YOU?
Oh my friend!
Ask not of me
that question...
Otherwise...
My heart
in my throat
will stick
preventing
my reply.
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POEM 142
THE BRIDE OF PEACE
This was just a dream
a great ceremony...
an image of the bride
at the marriage of peace
I have within my mind....
The Nashanas sings in English
the music of Mozart..
Gogosh sings in Pashto
Hilton sings in Russian
with Kalsum....
Arab girls danced in Attan
Turks doing Wals
Japanese danced
the rhythm of Belly
to Bolero.
The Poets of the world
were dancing
some the Fox Trot
others the Polka
and even the Flamingo.
In this global ceremony
There was no differences
People were as one
The air filled with love
Everyone truly related.
As with all dreams,
I open my eyes
to a world in turmoil
Where men view other men
as their enemies.
But it was a wonderful dream ...
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POEM 143
AFGHANI'S SORROW
If you look
upon Afghani's sorrow
Will you tell...
Does your heart
feel empathy...
Do tears well
in your eyes ...
The life of the Afghan
like open wounds
seeks healing
will kindness you extend
Oh Big Boss!
You the teacher
of brutal behavior
please step aside
for peace and prosperity.
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POEM 144
THE NATURE OF HUMANS
If a way can be made
like rainbows
expanding from earth to sky
to moon past the sea of stars ...
Then why can't people
bound by their rigidity
some how be dispersed...
and not stay as they are
Borders have been drawn
by wealth, race, and religion
these walls of restrictions
Through out all the nations
Like animals on the hunt
always they induce fear
with brutal acts of behavior
towards humans unlike them
