Beyond Reach! Poem by Shahzia Batool
Beyond Reach!
The colored clouds of the autumnal sky with a glistening gray base
are temptations enough for me
to getmore close to myself, and
inviting me
to color my hands by soaking them
in the liquid arches of the rainbow shades
so lavishly spilt as if
the palette is dropped down by the artistic hand
on the western edge of the fabric of the azure sky…
Or create a splash of vibrant hues
In those colored lakes
for unless I touch the cloud with my own hands
I wouldn't know
whether it is as soft as cotton
as cold as ice
that white and gray and golden cloud…
Let me feel on my pulse
whether it gets melted down in the warmth of my hands
or simply freezes them in return…
O' to fly so high
that the stars start looking bigger than the apparent size
on the sky
Alas! Quite beyond my reach!
Useless dreaming…
How tough it is to make one's angry Muse reconciled,
Or the lost one, found?
So it is confirmed
by many more desperate attempts to compose a verse
ending in failure…
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so this one is no exception!
Beyond reach but close in dreams and even closer to hearts are such so dreaming is never useless. A sweet poem, dear Shazia
Surely your style and merits is realy IN and in deep with poetry but honestly these lines it's beyond reach, hard to catch your heart...though i have good vibes but arn't too much heavey strokes, that make it arty- crafty and pretentious? Feelings and emotions reign every line...and too lil description.. So it is confirmed by many more desperate attempts to compose a verse ending in failure... Apology if got otherotherwise...
Wah shaander shairi! One of yor masterpiece strokes of poem. Marvelous dreamy n imaginative! Eid mbaruk belatd. :)
To dare to be brave and truly embrace all that life has to offer and to find inspiration, to fly so high with words tumbling into such beauty and grace!
Dear Shahziaji, December 1 is your birthday.... Many many HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY Be writing, be visiting and be here and on FB.. Greetings from M.D Dinesh Nair, Aswath Ramalingam. PS: It is Aswath who reminded me of your birth day and he has requested me to greet you on behalf of him when I greet you today....
A beautiful poem Shahzia. This poem is an exception. Love it.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Poetry is beyond theoretical, its an instinctive talent beyond reach by ordinary people....its a special gift like the rainbow!