Naveed Akram Poems

The forest expected it, the woods create,
A storm has arrived with the leaves;
Wind blew and created, the leaves turned,
Bellies adjusted to the food.
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Policies are like murders upon this humanity,
How did we call them liars when all of them pray?
For when the distress nears we engage in sin also,
Finding a new deed is like committing deception.
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Where were you when powers were to blame?
Return to the cities of treasure when it is time.
Going into cities of gold, the gates were bombarded
And the gates were opened to the people of cowardice.
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Broken and barbed, the calmness bestowed bumps,
Colossal springs emerged for the questioning of depth;
Arrogant princes slew their brethren offering pride,
Chilly as sea-monsters in cold waters, the brothers of evil
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Squealing and screeching the night away,
Joint reminders were being made like steel;
Resonating and affecting the young warriors
We were robust and alien, in with nightmare.
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Rainy quietness stole the lights of darkness,
These drops of water written in the rivers of milk
Came with the renewal of a life’s doing.
Rain affected us when we saw the lights of the dark people,
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To be furnished with provisions,
Avert theft so as to be certain and measuring,
I clasp you by the hand and deny
The apparatus of your legend.
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Masculine arms of the working-class
Are combined to meet current affairs.
Artless movements perform the seated
Occupation, so warm and alarming.
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The model of principle so fastened to my shirt
Escapes and encapsulates my authority, all alone.
The ire in my breath carries me on a wide arc,
And the effort dissolves to make a circle of action.
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The best of the people are among the few,
Heaven creates a space for the ones who love;
Inside this sanctum so like a happiness
Resides a gauntlet and dress to guard it.
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