Naveed Akram Poems

He has might of an acolyte,
Wise and elevated in spirit;
Airtight, with the seclusion,
His arms are the differentiated
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Look through my face and actualise
Acids and bases forming on the cheeks;
I can spoil a surprise, my eyes squirm
Hardly when you scream as a pie in height.
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A woman is married to sin, when thinking
Is pious and chaste their sins are forgiven.
A man must marry only one wife when he
Sees his eyes in the splendours of heaven.
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The eminent historian will write books
For those in love with the crimes in the world;
The honest historian objects to my place
In the middle of nowhere, the place of a
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I want my heart to rule the world,
I wish that doors open us to the graves,
I will want them to close in two goes,
My vanishing master is at odds with me.
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The rain has perspired,
This drop is perfect and dry,
My effort is not wasted
By the disdain of the season.
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Upon the table one comments on justice,
Four corners taste the food of our liking,
Just hearts hear my side of the stories,
Very infinite is the beak of the fathers.
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Those who crawl are this close to hands
Of light stretching in far, far lands.
Those who brawl shall fall into the hearts of men
Whose only touch encompasses the light.
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Mr River flows along the crust of the earth
Fetching a watery glow on the very heart.
My mighty sir feeds a riverside spectacle,
Its loose waves glide along the very head.
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What is this afterglow?
Why fall into the small tributary?
It glows at the intersection,
For it leads in all weathers.
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