Naveed Akram Poems

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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Never in the world is there peace,
Peace is an unity, the world is at war.
May ghosts envelop us with shrouds
And overshadow the world for its work.
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Fat summer and small season,
Sounds of water make noise;
Close your eyes to the sound
Of innumerable utterances
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I have kept this fallow field
When I must be a horseman,
A keeper of wills and minds
With no shadows, no designs.
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Dip your hands into the stream!
The whole sky unwinds throughout,
With tethered horses grazing.
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