โ POEMS ๐๐ Ahmed Naeem
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A Box of Matches
Who knows
when he was a vagrant
his helper
a box of matches
on silent footsteps.
Sometimes to sow a seed
of a poem,
sometimes to search for a title
of a story,
at times to light up a verse.
Or in chilling cold
just to start a blaze.
And at times, to self-immolate
how useful
is this box of matches
that sits in the right side pocket of his heart
warms him.
Hiding in its empty box
are how many poems, stories and verses.
This, only he knows
that all he has to do
is strike the box
like rubbing Aladdinโs lamp
and brilliant light would pour forth.
โฆ.
(Edited by: Louise Wakeling)
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A Cosmological Poem
Believe it!
Believe it!
I am ahead of you.
Though not much, but a little bit.
Oh, but the agony
Reaching into the light
my torrents of tears blind me,
realizing โ yet still you are behind me
in the dark.
I wish you had kept pace with me.
You could have been
a ray of this light
to give me back my sight .
Your gloom makes my eyes murky.
I wish you had come into the light
to see the darkness you left behind.
The gloom of our separation
makes me dream
that you are ahead.
But these are dreams of blindness.
Would you give sight to my eyes?
Would you leave me behind?
Your darkness makes me sightless
Would youโฆ?
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We Need to Invent an Utter Profanity
I need to invent a filthy word
that does not mock or insult
any human gender
their body parts or shape.
I need to invent a swearing word
that bears no detest,
nor disgust,
nor intention to hurt.
Can we change the alphabet of the abuses
that has been going on for centuries?
I need to invent an ultimate foul-mouthed word
spilling from oneโs tongue
that insults no body parts.
I am still on a journey
of words evolving.
โฆ.
(Translated from Urdu by Bush Ahmed)
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Ahmed Naeem
A Box of Matches
Who knows
when he was a vagrant
his helper
a box of matches
on silent footsteps.
Sometimes to sow a seed
of a poem,
sometimes to search for a title
of a story,
at times to light up a verse.
Or in chilling cold
just to start a blaze.
And at times, to self-immolate
how useful
is this box of matches
that sits in the right side pocket of his heart
warms him.
Hiding in its empty box
are how many poems, stories and verses.
This, only he knows
that all he has to do
is strike the box
like rubbing Aladdinโs lamp
and brilliant light would pour forth.
โฆ.
(Edited by: Louise Wakeling)
****
Ahmed Naeem
A Cosmological Poem
Believe it!
Believe it!
I am ahead of you.
Though not much, but a little bit.
Oh, but the agony
Reaching into the light
my torrents of tears blind me,
realizing โ yet still you are behind me
in the dark.
I wish you had kept pace with me.
You could have been
a ray of this light
to give me back my sight .
Your gloom makes my eyes murky.
I wish you had come into the light
to see the darkness you left behind.
The gloom of our separation
makes me dream
that you are ahead.
But these are dreams of blindness.
Would you give sight to my eyes?
Would you leave me behind?
Your darkness makes me sightless
Would youโฆ?
****
Ahmed Naeem
We Need to Invent an Utter Profanity
I need to invent a filthy word
that does not mock or insult
any human gender
their body parts or shape.
I need to invent a swearing word
that bears no detest,
nor disgust,
nor intention to hurt.
Can we change the alphabet of the abuses
that has been going on for centuries?
I need to invent an ultimate foul-mouthed word
spilling from oneโs tongue
that insults no body parts.
I am still on a journey
of words evolving.
โฆ.
(Translated from Urdu by Bush Ahmed)
****
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Excellent poems. Bravo Ahmad Naeem
Nice poems
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Great Read.
Awesome