Mohd Arshad

In a murky evening,
When the moon hesitated
To shake away her drape,
An autumn tree,
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If we had
No smile

What would
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Don't forget to kiss her
If you you find her
Standing alone
During uproar in the house
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Is it easy to compose a poem,
Pick up a pencil and make a doodle,
And compare it with the doll in a museum,
Write names of organs in colours,
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Balloons fly but they are not kites
Student is not a writer though he writes
Lamp shines but it is not a star
Scooter scoots but it is not a car
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The mouse gnaws at bones
At the pace of day and night;
After that it squeals.
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On her golden hair
A snow butterfly slides down;
My fingers stop it.
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On the cheeks of fog
Our shattered dreams visualise;
The sun restores them.
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The beggar left bones;
Puppies encircled to grab;
The sweeper swept them.
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The sick leaf dropped snow
And the river shook its head;
Squirrels smiled once, twice.
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Slowly slowly snow
Dripped from the parapet, and
The house got freedom.
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Piano thrilled the boy
But the demise of father
Saddened walls and beds.
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Don't carry fear of Covid-19
On your fragile shoulders
For you can't do as a tree
That groans in silence in autumn
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Don't be depressed
Though you have been defeated
It was just flip of a coin
That didn't turn your way
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The moon
Too
Has to
Wait
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It comes
The tempest
Blowing
slow to fast
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And, in my lamb days,
I'd dreamt of a society
Where the neighbour's wall
Would not be pulled down,
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Beyond friendship
Abstruse is the inkling
From strophe to strophe it varies
Who doesn't seek the meaning?
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It's rusting, rusting, rusting,
If we catch on
This knife has fair sharpness
For our fragile fingers
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