From the cracks of the bullets and the deadly bid....But the child didn’t rile...
By Usama bin Tanveer
Sounded across seas were a toddler’s woes
Heart wrenching they are for friends and foes
Tyranny has ebbed to the lowest lows
When will this end, no one knows
I wonder about the grandpa’s soul
That must have roamed cheek by jowl
Also had ventured to protect the kid
From the cracks of the bullets and the deadly bid
But the child didn’t rile
Which sufficed to defile
The perpetrators’ profile
To the extent fragile
Also I wonder
Through history’s calendar
The kid could become the Moosah of Egypt
Steadily toeing with the divine script
One day he might cajole
The Indians on the whole
“To wake up again to their forgotten history
laced up with peace, and a tolerant ancestry.“
By Sara Batool
Let’s be honest this time
It saddens me more
That how a person who was so important,
Somehow, unfortunately, becomes a panic attack
How their interaction begins to provoke anxiety
And all of a sudden, with rushing heartbeat and confused mind
It dawns upon us
Perhaps we have come too far
So far
That there is no way back
And we find reasons and lies
Just to save our soul from the blight
The blight of the past...
By Bariyah Faisal
All the things that you told me
Maybe they weren’t true
Maybe you were gaslighting me
But I hung on your every word
I believed in everything you said
Every step I took
It was a reflection of my love
My life stood still
When you were in it.
By Maryam Shah
You don’t need
a perfect body
or a beautiful face
to fall in love
all you need is
an altruistic soul
a charming smile
and
a diamond heart
For true lovers
exchanging kisses
or long talks
are all inconsequential.
Ali Asghar Ghani
Like a key
words unlock
the
fire breathing black dragon
living in the locked castle
behind the eyes
