A Strange Spirit Poem by Sadiqullah Khan

Have you ever been to the water
By itself floating flat
Like the surface of a silver foil
And fountains gushing from their sweet mouths
Musical sounds as it flows down in ducts

Has the fresh air to your senses touched
The aquatic perfumes what ingredients it must
Under the vault serene
Tumults of anger it expresses
Sky is it for the life underneath

This city has a vast lane
The absence of nothing below your wings
Shall make you fall here
With much wonders for the calmness in the air
There are no mayhems here
Except some hungry and angry voices

Herein lives a strange spirit
That permeates all and sundry
Herein is a stage
The show is there for every one to watch
Herein lies the centre of power
That flies in the air like a paper
And many children are running after it

Islamabad
18/2/2010