Embers In Ashes Poem by Sadiqullah Khan

In water my flames alight from sky,
Invert the bowl in the domed circle
Wait the times, from hands of the beloved,
Henna drops instead of red blood.

My cross-over the river is ages,
On the razor blade sharpness I am slew,
Hands stop count, on earth lines drawn
My decades of anger is now half a century.

My habits, unless you hold my arm
Throat shall pay in choke my heart in cry.
Busy hiding embers in ashes -
Night is cold, we are touching the dawn.

Rabid dogs everywhere in nooks and corners
Recite the words, summun bukmun,
While passing the streets, now and then,
Or grace upon walls, on the doors like beggars.

Sadiqullah Khan
Peshawar
January 25,2015.