My Midnight Diary! Poem by Shahzia Batool

My Midnight Diary!

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Staring wistfully
at the empty oyster shell
upon my palm
the pearl earned with labor
no idea…when or how
despite all care and caution
got lost in negligence?

Across the horizons
the stars are jubilant
in a mood of revelry
within a split second
there will be greetings galore
though I won’t be there any more!

the mermaids dancing on the shore
can never sever me from my isolated self
let them know
the impulse of envy is defunct in me;
tonight I’ll refresh
my regular To-do-list
in my midnight diary
tomorrow the first thing that I shall do
yes, I shall remember to forget you!

Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: life
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Ramesh Rai 26 March 2014

I observe poetry flowing through your veins.

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Muhammad Ali 27 March 2014

I feel while reading the poem, that 'not to say what is Must to say'. Nice poem and addictive rememberence if i can say.

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Valsa George 28 March 2014

To lose the hard earned pearl is painful, I know Shahzia.... But if you have patience to wait, an unopened oyster may astound you with a glazing pearl embedded within! Your resolution 'to remember to forget' is the best thing now you can do.... I love this poem in its measureless depth and beauty! ! Thank you Shahzia for your sweet comment on Eagle on Wings!

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Tirupathi Chandrupatla 28 March 2014

I shall remember to forget you! Forgetting is the greatest boon for human beings. Remember to forget is a great usage. Beautifully put. Thank you.

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Neela Nath Das 29 March 2014

Shahzia, you have expressed our thought also.From subjectivity to universality...............Amazing.

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Yash Shinde 08 April 2014

..............a deep and profound write! ............burying the past is a good practice.....helps you head towards the future.....lovely write

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Sallam Yassin 06 April 2014

relations come with time on shores neglected as empty oyster shells and so then it is time to remember to forget them very profound

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Bri Edwards 04 April 2014

shahzia, i'll be sneaky and send my thanks for the two poem comments you left me. yes, i'll leave them right HERE, right NOW! Date & Time: 3/29/2014 3: 38: 00 AM Remove this comment Poem: 38544368 - [Humor] Speak To Me, Moon..... [speaking to the moon; fantasy; humor; very SHORT] Member: Shahzia Batool Comment: This is strange that i have seen the boys with their nick MOON, and the girls too with the same name MOON...Ted Hughes calls the MOON as a male artist, while Keats in his ode to a nightingale says, perhaps the Queen Moon is on her throne/clustered around by all her starry maids...i don't think that the moon is deaf and dumb and blind but the poem is like a light relief, wittily composed! thanks for sharing! Date & Time: 3/29/2014 3: 30: 00 AM Remove this comment Poem: 38402366 - PH Topic Field, “Required”; My Response To Valsa …. [Re PH Topic Field, “Required”… Find This Poem Listed Under “Change” Or “Crazy” Or “Discrimination” Or “Despair” Or “Evil” Or “ Member: Shahzia Batool Comment: an interesting read! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ================================== AS FOR YOUR POEM: i didn't read it yet! yes, to-do-list can be daunting IF one pays too close attention to them. but it can be very rewarding to have one if it helps the holder remember some more important things-to-do! like look at poemhunter? i had trouble following you in the first stanza. but if i move some of the lines around, and maybe add a little punctuation, i have no trouble with it. the second stanza is a bit mysterious for me, BUT interesting. i don't like having to use my old brain too much these days. of course i never liked using it very much, and it cooperated! just once, i'd like to go to the shore with you to view the mermaids. hee-hee. thanks for sharing. bri ;)

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Tribhawan Kaul 03 April 2014

There is this general tendency that we tend to blame ourselves while losing something dear to us. However a trait in every human being is also to forget which makes us recover and be ourselves. A very nice poem with flowing thoughts as usual.

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Dave Walker 30 March 2014

A great poem, your pearl will come to you.

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