I Told You Once Poem by Dr Kamran Haider Bukhari

I Told You Once

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I told you once,
When you looked into my eyes,
A teardropp can change my life,
And yours too…
I told you once,
I am not all you have,
And I am all,
You will never have.
It is just the matter of time,
You replied in a soulful tone;
Then a teardropp changed my life,
And yours too…

Why am I…?
You asked God,
Did He reply…?
He must have said;
Ask me,
Why are you..?
Each single soul,
On the face of our mother earth,
Asks this simple question…
Every single moment;
When dreams wither,
When flowers fade,
When deserts bleed,
When oil burns in our minds,
When Saint calls Himself a Satan,
And Devil sleeping in a cradle,
Is slaughtered by the sovereign of this era;
An ill looking toddler can grow into a Messiah,
But our tender skins,
And gorgeous souls,
Can’t endure the blessed pain,
Of timeless Stigmata,
On our broken hands,
And frozen feet.

Why are you…?
He replied,
I told you once…
But you turned your face to eternal dark;
In the arms of nudity and lust,
You slept whole night;
With momentary joys and everlasting sorrows…
And now,
When you are half-awake and half-slept;
You look at me,
With a big question mark on your face…?

I can only say,
That I told you once…
I can’t smile,
I can’t groan,
I can only pray,
For you to understand,
What I told you once…?


March 15,2003

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Naidz Ladia 25 April 2009

lesson should be learned once, , , wait...i like the title of this....''i told you once''...for me, it is a sweet command....please allow me to make lines for this poem.... you told me once to read 1 poem and i followed you once before but as if i am not contented for once so i made to read poems from you more and more.. hope to invite me once again from your poems posted since before coz it's my pleasure to take all these chances to read thanks Dr. Haider, to invite in this page.....lavs ya..naizz

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