Naveed Akram Poems

The entering of the men who accuse is taking place,
The women outside are willing to be accused.
The females of the party run fire and bonfires,
The wedding of a chieftain has been arriving,
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Going to the camps and wars is like a frightening message,
One kept the message of goodness in the heart of reality.
Blind and bored, the camps are fighting the houses of fire,
Lulling the shouting and collapsing the mastered shelves of books,
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To know is like giving birth to knowledge
Of the wise sort, and the learning will take time.
But time has riddles, and these are solvable when a horror
Commands the soul and body to act in unison.
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Offer me praise if you think me a path to join,
If my direction is a doubtful being then revert to the actions.
Offending me is to trip and fall, yet falling is wrong,
For when one deceives it is due to lack of thought.
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Caught in the leader’s battle
My effects are the same, and that is.
Underneath the real commotion is a side,
One dish too many to concoct.
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The same weapons have been taught
To me and everybody that learns of war;
The ropes of tragedy are cut to the death,
Forcing climbers to admit defeat.
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The defence from a friend shatters my ugly spirits,
He is a golden item on the menu, one we overshadow.
It is possessing and demanding, the names of a man,
That feed on the young-at-heart, giving freedom and health.
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Open the doors to my prison,
I have forsaken my presence,
So that in my doing of this
I cancel the evident freedom.
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If you seek truth then your woes are missed,
The beginning of words is at an end;
Shadowy truth beguiles you as you turn
The truth into perishment, only hearing us.
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The notorious ideas of our times are exact,
Coinages like ‘metaphysics’ encourage thinkers
To think and philosophically endeavour to the best
Of their abilities.
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