Aphrodite Poem by Matloob Bokhari

APHRODITE

Muhabat was an artist who loved his work.
Someone had given dreams to his dream.
Wanted to sculpt her to make her immortal.
To translate his dream into reality,
Worked with devotion in a dark damp room.
At last, he carved a life-sized sculpture.
Nothing was lacking; nothing superfluous.
Once, he was sitting in a speechless dejection.
His Murshud asked, "You achieved heart's desire;
Now why are you overwhelmed with grief? '
My Murshud, "Pray to bring the statue to life"
'Nothing is impossible for a true lover;
Sprinkle your blood in the name of Love
And wait for miracle, ' Said the Murshud.
He sprinkled blood; transformation took place.
He saw sculpture turning into a woman.
Looking at moon-like face, star-shine eyes,
Swan's elegant neck and blonde hair,
Muhabat yelled, 'More beautiful than imagined."
Aphrodite looked at him with abhorrence.
A rude smile curved her lips, she left the room.
As she left, a torrential rain started.
Shepherds singing ballads with bleating sheep returned.
They saw white angels descending from the heaven
To chaperone Muhabat's soul to The Most Beautiful.

COMMENTS: APHRODITE
FloriGombos: Wonderful!

Okloho Solomon: Awesome
Nancy Ndeke: Truly a beautiful poem!
Jayachandran Ramachandran: Fantastic poem.
Kazim Shah: Sir.Great depth in ur last line.Beautiful

Bindi Sharma: Awesome Write
Rose: Wonderfully webbed....
Yar Muhammed Rahi: Beautifully crafted

Elizabeth Plaza: beautiful write
Eleni Roumeliotis: Beautiful! It reads like a myth...
Emma Jane: I'm loving your style of writing, Matloob Bokhari, and I agree with Eleni Mel, it does roll of the tongue like a beautiful tale of old-time myth :)
RukiahAnnuar: Beautiful and profound...
Aparna Pathak: lovely...
SatyenderAas: beautiful version 'nothing is impossible for a true love' great message, admirable my holly friend.
Marilyn Ann Francis: REPOSTING IN LONGFELLOW EXCELLNT MATLOOB
Flora Vasconcelos: Really romantic, Matloob. This Aphrodite I didn´t know. I like Muhabat, I love persons with dreams. Thank You.
Karyn Walker: Beautiful lines, Matloob. :)
Kristen D. Scott: One of my favorites Matloob ~ beautiful imagery and words, K.
Terri L. Johnson: beautiful write :)
Margaret Gudkov: Marvelousssssssssssi am really entranced by the beauty of your words
Gail Wolper: Lovely...
Ymggop Gandhi: awesome write
Laura Grillo Laveglia: This is a gorgeous story, but did Mahabat get his beloved Aphrodite? Did they both go to heaven?
Laura Grillo Laveglia: Thank you Matloob. It is what I thought but I was not confident to say so. She was beautiful beyond any man's dream, but she lacked everything else. I am glad his beautiful soul landed him in Heaven. I just love this story! ! ! ! !
Len Gesinski: I Enjoyed Your Creative Tale with a Moral, Thanks for the Tag!
Margaret Gudkov: Marvelousssssssssssi am really entranced by the beauty of your words
Gail Wolper: Lovely...
Ymggop Gandhi: awesome write
Chaitanya Dorwat: The pride in our own art to such an extent that we fall in love with it.. and to desire something so badly that we become irrational and blind.. great write sir, thanks for the tag :)
Michele Vizzotti-White: the whole peom is brilliant, i like that line too very original line the sprinkle one, i just liked the ending
Debra Reherto: lovely fable of
Chaitanya Dorwat: The pride in our own art to such an extent that we fall in love with it.. and to desire something so badly that we become irrational and blind.. great write sir, thanks for the tag :)
Debra Roberts: lovely fable of desire and unrequited dreams
Demelia Denton: Muhabat's soul approached, guided and ascends. The greatest beauty waits..... In our dreams and paradise.....Manifestation in our thoughts
Maryam Ilyas: superb....! so beautiful.
Scott Ransopher: That was good Matloob!
SatyenderAas: Matchless, superb, great write with great message.
Matthew Knaub: this reminds me of a story we read in a literature class, from the days of Melville, Hawthorn and Poe...
Jen Walls: Wonderful and expressive ink..
Karyn Walker: This seems like something out of a vivid dream, so surreal it is! Your words will be read forever Matloob. With today`s technology they cannot be lost. I am so happy forKaryn Walker I read this poem three times my brother, three times and then I took a walk down memory lane, bingo it hit me! I said to myself: God`s been talking to him! In fact, I believe in all the best works God holds the pen....writing cannot be ad- libbed, not the best works anyway! you! Never take my words for useless flattery. I promise I see something about you very special and that can never be taken from you dear one. You are devoted to Allah, you are a man after His heart for you love Him with all your being and in return He gives you this gift. I am only a vessel Matloob, He is taking you somewhere and I trust you will love where you are going. Best of the best for you always!
Farzana Altaf: Such a beautiful piece of writing, can't tell how much appreciate your work! I really love how writers can use their pen as tool and reveal their soul through their work..you never see to amazes us Matloob Bokhari Sahib. You have lot of inspiration and creativity and it makes a beautiful poem really felt your emotions coming through your words, you have a great taste when...... It comes to poetry...
Amb Jann Gail Cole-LeBleu: Excellent story my dear Matloob, with a most beautiful message!