The lives of children, women
Half dead, dying patients in hospitals
The lives of people hunted, haunted
Even in their nightmare dreams
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[After reading - Lullaby For Lost Generations by Naseer Ahmed Nasir]
How long do we keep the vigil?
How many lifetimes will a wake last?
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[13/07/2009 Premji wrote - write a series of poem on the following subject.....magic of the mind........I will start with a one liner....
I shall be uploading them today….. Pls look out for them under “Magic of the Mind” - I can not say just thanks to him, so here I express my gratitude in verse for being an inspiring flame ]
You are the wind
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And peace fell upon me
Like dew upon a flower
When I saw many others
Gather about at my call
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Sits inside a bony cave....
Confined to sight....
Travels free...
To unseen unimagined
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I see your picture Lord
With a sacred heart
Surrounded by
The stations of the Cross
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Love me like I am going to die
Hold me like I am slipping away
Kiss me like there’ll be no other time
Speak sweet nothings till dawn
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Life is breathing –
I have life
My heart flutters
In its breeze,
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Life is always cruel
To each man in its own way
It metes out sorrow
To one and all
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How do you spell ‘pain’?
Someone asked and
I answered.....
Absentmindedly,
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