Mist Poem by Aftab Alam

Mist

Rating: 4.9


Am I a stupid flatterer or a poet?
Am I a courtier or a democrat?
As I breathe freely without help
So I write my own grief, without help

Many frustrated and cried, I know
For the name and fame and game
And those who acquired, I know
How steered the bout with helm

What language does have the pain?
I know who lays the egg, cock or hen
I haven’t seen the tears on the faces
I haven’t heard the cries of masses

I swam on their curious lovely puny eyes
Saw there in ocean, the motley of sighs’
When all the eyes had a hope of surprise
Then I myself became the eyes and raise

Though I know path is thorny
Yet I bleed from heart through my foot
It sounds unpleasant and irony
All think, from flower, me a shoot

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Gajanan Mishra 29 May 2013

nothing to grief so long as hope is there, good write, thanks. Please read my new poems and comment and vote.

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Vishal Sharma 29 May 2013

nice poem do read mine too

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Farah Ilyas 29 May 2013

All think, from flower, me a shoot..this verse shows your uniqueness, Though I know path is thorny Yet I bleed from heart through my foot It sounds unpleasant and irony....elaborate that you are enough brave to raise your voice for truth even in the hard tribulation & trials.. What language does have the pain? ....shows that you are sobbing & crying inside.. When all the eyes had a hope of surprise Then I myself became the eyes and raise... amazing lines to motivate us that still hope is there, so keep hoping & don't let grief to spoil you....excellent.

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R.j. Wynn 29 May 2013

I hear you tiny shoot! How can you not be loved?

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Heather Wilkins 13 June 2013

your last stanza is a perfect ending to your poem nicely written

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David Wood 01 June 2013

We are all but flowers blowing in the wind. A good write Aftab.

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Valsa George 30 May 2013

A note of melancholy hovers over like mist and you speak through the language of pain! So the poem leaves a tugging effect! !

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Yasmin Khan 30 May 2013

Pains and cries unexpressed and feelings not communicated are the subject of you poem. You are raising their voice. a good empathetic composition.

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Wahab Abdul 29 May 2013

excellent write. enjoyed it fully and i am totally with Fara while assessing the poem....10

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