Mahfooz Ali Poems

People have feelings,
not to be trifled.
Words that can do harm,
Should have been stifled.
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Struggle through darkness,
to make things right,
It seems to be that all around,
pockets of light await to be found,
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Oh! who is this?
Troubling me in my
sound sleep,
Let me be with my dreams,
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What is poetry is like asking,
'Why is the sky blue? '
There is no answer to What or Why?
but, in any event,
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I am from dusty snow globes
And old sneakers that hide
Under the dresser
I am from cat scratches and stubbed toes
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Where there is death, man sees a life.
Where there is cowardice, man sees self-preservation.
Where there is unnecessary violence,
man sees no other possible option.
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Life is like a rough Sailing boat
journeying in a stormy and wavy seas
trying to traverse the angry waves
in the midst of uncertainty and darkness
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Paper airplanes dip from view,
All made the same,
Their folds, their creases sharp,
And when it seems that all is lost,
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I haunt this stage both day and night,
no alien within this realm.
Languishing in my loneliness,
ripped from self
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Smile if you can
of course you can
I can also.
Cry if you can
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