Nosheen Irfan Poems

Today the sky wept
With a passionate, fervent plea
Pouring out his pain in floods
Unrestrained, full-throttled gush
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as the mountains echo
unsung songs
the walls of solitude
protect me
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Oh come, the day
come in my arms
I long to feel
the light as though
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A lone cypress
In my grandfather's lawn
Standing tall and erect
Since I could sense life about me
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There's darkness, but not all is lost
The stars, the moon and the fireflies
Look how darkness helps them glow
Darkness, with its forbidding demeanor
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In the falling dusk
the heartbeat of memories
sounds above the panting breath
of invading silence
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In bed of illness
Fed
On the remnants
Of hope
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The leaves-strewn paths
I walk with steps wary
Lest the leaves cry in pain
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I choose to rise
Like a mountain in love with the sky
Always gazing up in wonder
At the azure splendor of the day
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All brittle twigs
No flesh
Covering up
The abrasions
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