Mahfooz Ali Poems

Thinking of others,
especially their souls,
keeps us unselfish
with very high goals.
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I am a river with the strength of sky and earth;
Once, a stream who deemed to play every day since birth;
Just a small ripple, a trickle, under the sun;
With nothing to do but bubble, giggle and run.
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On the reverse
of the world
without real life
at the door
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Only a few will ever have
A claim to immortality.
A name long surviving
In the annals of posterity.
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Walking across the lawn to go,
I stepped on an old brown dried-up leaf.
The sound of the crunch of that leaf as I saw what it was
released a sweet childhood memory of fall afternoons.
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At first we loved,
We met at the mall,
and we talked ever since.
We stood starring at each other,
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Majboori ki dahleez par usool
Burf ke dher ki tarah pighal jaatey hain
Padta hai jab bebasi se saamna
Dil ke armaan ghut kar rah jaatey hain|
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Internal conflicts
of eternal desire
unceasing passions
flaming fire
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Restless moments floating by
never realizing the reason why?
endless complications in my soul
never reaching my final goal.
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Life came to visit me,
Quite unwelcome,
She came.
Not through a door,
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