POEMS FOREVER
By Sara Teasdale
I shall bury my weary Love
Beneath a tree,
In the forest tall and black
Where none can see.
I shall put no flowers at his head,
Nor stone at his feet,
For the mouth I loved so much
Was bittersweet.
I shall go no more to his grave,
For the woods are cold.
I shall gather as much of joy
As my hands can hold.
I shall stay all day in the sun
Where the wide winds blow,
But oh, I shall weep at night
When none will know.
By Laiba Muhammad Aamir
Revolving around in a gigantic circle
Where direction changes but not circumstance
And speed changes but not distance
And where there is no new start or end
But two are the same
We tell them to cut the loop
At any point
Make it straight
And get a new path
But they haven’t decided yet
Which point to strike
They seem never to.
By Zahra Zafar
She is the warmest place in the cold world
She is the melodious tune in a soulful chord
She is the sanctuary I always seek
When I am strong or when I am weak
She is the luminescent light on tenebrous nights
She becomes my shield in contentious fights
She listens to me when no one hears
She cares for me when no one dares
She finds me when I am lost
She gathers me when I am distort
She is the brightest star in the sky
She gives me her wings so I can fly
She is the gentle breeze in sweltering days
She always remembers me in her prayers
She is the sun I revolve around
She is the force that keeps me sound
She is the hope, love and dream
She is the blessing of Allah for me
She is my heaven on earth.
She is my heaven on earth.
By Hanya Zafar Barry
Strip away my flesh,
And see what remains.
A skeleton of bones,
Or a soul, or a prey?
Vultures hover around,
Keen to rip me piece by piece.
But I’ll die when they kill my purpose,
Only then will they devour the essence of my being.
Because what is one without what one loves?
Without the fervour, the passion we put into our work.
And if you take away my dream,
Will I still have the same identity?
Perhaps I’ll go feral,
They’ll call me insane.
Or maybe, I won’t wholly change,
Only become a bit less human.