Tariq Ahmed Poems

Sailing away on the rough seas
A ship carrying the fair maiden in the night breeze
Lost her way on the pursuit of a promised land
Searching for love on a remote treasured island
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End of the affair, a bitter sweet fading memory
Awakening the mind, and all things sensory

Entering into the fray, risks abounded from the start
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I sat on my camel and for fourteen hours I rode
Arriving into the welcoming arms of a most hospitable abode
Engaged with the kindness, generosity and warms of a Turkish family abode
Virtuous sincerity defined by a cultural philosophical Muslim code
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If there is no faith where is the hope?
Focused on the immediate without any scope
Abandoning fellow humans to know of or care
Affirming the self with compassion so rare
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