Naveed Akram Poems

Loss is in a rose that withers and wilts
Due to sudden stresses that subside;
My heart sank to my ankles when
Old days came back with indulgence,
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To enlarge the sun is an apt task,
Adapting to its glare we steer the oars
Of our fit bodies that artfully collide.
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Headaches of an aged man are thick and thin,
They live together with sound appetite,
Abhorring the stage that sets in after the rests,
A jolly memory sinks into place with reposes
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You feel the strength forever in this righteous night,
You are dismayed by this blackness that is all right;
Forcing me rivers, the light of the calamity is the day,
These rivers bend and subjugate a mighty ruin.
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If stars are my slaves, and false
Heavens come my way, the proud
Part of existence is folly.
The glory of the cold whimpering
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Young life is the regretful worry,
Everlasting woe has resented one man
And his medallion of good faith.
This invitation to horrors exceeds
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May time be a bonus etching the hands of a clock,
This grandfather betrays my upper lips,
This small treasured clock betrays my lower lips,
Let my mouth be a jargon of repetitions,
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What do you want with your berries?
Worship is a disease of logic only,
But so many have played on this service,
Strawberries are like red flowers
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Alone in the woods, we start and fear
The dogs, that bark at the bark of the trees.
Roaring with hewn timbers, the larder is full,
Flames ferociously swear their wrathful oaths,
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The link with godly men is the world
Of winking lights, wrinkles of the mud
Fall with lesser energy, these words have
Been married to women who have rings,
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