Naveed Akram Poems

A career has overtaken me for it is easier than me,
You fight more than this to satisfy, to push the other.
Pulling a nail out of the wall means too much strength,
It entails the right career to be followed, and the real coin.
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Those who prolong their life are in error,
They describe a language of their own,
They err in the ways of tigers and big cats,
Surely the shrewdest are them.
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To call him a person of splendour
You must name him by his names alone.
Towards these signs my mind has set,
Yesterday, the surrender was made and we were
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Explain, that it is palatable, for all of us,
This food particle admires the very heart.
My eating and living are in your name,
As if the whole of mankind shall watch
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The sorrowful soul collects dirt that drives us down in sin,
Inner workings of the organ that collapses are huge;
This mishmash of thoughts and sentiments is immense,
Offering us no explanation, no controversy but nature.
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It held me and captivated me as long as an hour,
I am the captive of you now, offering peace;
But you have not struggled as much as me,
My dying encases the life of yours, brimmed with safety.
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My living nightmare has come true,
Open the doors to mercy, as I do beg.
My living dream of mercy has arrived,
The inner work of the devil is about.
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The books have us in the binding,
Powerful pages resound in the waters;
A clever trick is employed by the wise,
Ghosts of strength dabble with the mind.
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A sound uttered by the same sonnet is unique,
You bellow in the extreme, unlike my sonnet;
The laughter attached is liking me and you,
But my poetry has love behind it, behind it.
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