Anam Rizvi Poems

They tell us what we need to know.
We can work in the store and shove the snow.
We can speak English, French and Latin,
We may learn Hindi and some German.
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Do they tell you what you need to know?
Do the tell you life can be a blow?

Do they warn you of the people outside,
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You're at the end of the road.
Eveything is bare.
You grope in the darkness,
Blank space stares everywhere.
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Dear God I pray to you,
You're listening.Aren't you?

I want to be tall, very tall,
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The crusading warriors, the waves
Crash upon the bleak rocks.
Shards fly about in haphazard glory.
The icy breeze and howling wind chill and chide.
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Its the sweat and the grime,
The dirt and the swines,
That make me begin to question my existence.
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Part I

For a moment this evening, lets stay apart and wonder,
What was it that drew us to choose from the flocks and the crowds?
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It's a slow and ponderous process,
The breaking of the human heart.

It doesn't happen in a matter of moments;
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Flesh. Blood. Bone.
Raw. Cold. Bare.

Devoid of feeling,
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I can live this life without you.
I can walk this road alone.
I don't need you here to hold me.
I don't need your warm comfort.
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