Mahfooz Ali Poems

What are these thoughts in my head?
I don't know what I am thinking
How do I trust myself
and my neighbours
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I see you beneath your shield of
Self protection.
You don't want me to know but already
I am you.
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When I think of you...
Only great thoughts come to mind.
You put a smile on my face.
And warmth in my heart.
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If I had a penny for every time I thought of you,
or for every time you crossed my mind,
There is nothing in this world I could want for,
nothing, not any.
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I found a leaf in my verandah,
Released from a tree out of doors,
It's colors smeared soily
The shape of the leaf I have never seen.
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Taste of your rage
pulsed in thy thorn-winged breath,
Invades our long love of the soft sun.
My voice unwillingly causes this loveless wine,
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and who are you with your big brown eyes...
and what are you doing stealing my heart...
and who are you with your smile like the
sun...
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I am singing right, singing of heart felt joy
Yet I can feel the tears stream down my face,
I have recieved what my soul has yearned for,
Has begged, pledded, and dreamed for,
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When I die I'll go up there
I 'll wait for you on the golden stair
If you're not there by judgement day
I 'll know you went the other way
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You know I hate myself,
Yet you continually make fun of me.
And I wonder,
Do you do this purposely?
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