Mason Carter (pen name of Mushahid Syed) is a poet, fiction writer, translator, and professor at Shah Abdul Latif University, Ghotki Campus, where he has taught since 2018. His work explores themes of social justice, autonomy, and community, blending lyricism with philosophy and political imagination. A lifelong bookworm, he began writing poetry and fiction in 2010 and draws inspiration from Gothic and radical voices such as Poe, Blake, Gibran, and Bookchin.
His works can be explored at https: //www.masoncarterauthor.com
It is as hurting to depart from thee,
As it is to find a kid begin' in street.
Thou are to me than a hundred me
Yet less than the struggle for liberty.
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Heavens rain the crimson tears.
Ebon bat loses its way back home.
Moments freeze and nights lengthen.
A soul trembles down in fear.
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Thorns mourn'd the depart'd roses,
And the roots cried their eyes out.
The soil flooded in tears,
And the gardeners slept dead.
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The winged Cupid held it high in the heavens,
Aromatic pedals of black roses in its odour.
Mesmerizing, bewitching and hypnotizing.
A spellbound soul on the Plutonian shore.
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In the castle's shadow, dim and deep,
Where silent hours in darkness creep,
A prince once bright, now cold and numb,
No sorrow stirs, no joy shall come.
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