[]bathisland/Karachi[]* Poem by Rehan Hyder

“Mudding” she said
Word clutched the finger of today.
And impetuously scuttled to a yesterday
With commas dividing that date
felt fresh like a long shard
stuck in molar
mind’s eye rummaged the drawers
of feelings while they still were feelings
not an alibi for marketing campaign.
I remembered our knee-deep pilgrimage
To dogged reluctance of earth
To part with water it held
chased after weird looking fish
and unformed toads with their leaps
congealed in space between
conflux of their beady eyes
and our impish ones
we also chased fireflies of rainbows**
and luminescence of butterflies
and wrapped memories of brawls
in the raindrops
we lived on the contour
of every breath
and often returned homes riding
on our muddy toady dreams

* Inspired by Francesca
** Lines inspired from Urdu Poem ' Kabhi hum khubsurat thay'