Life Poem by Afzal Shauq

If you want to
seek the meaning of life
in the name of God...

Close the book
And Prepare yourself
to face the storm.

Search the universe
with your eyes...
Paint yourself
in different colors..

Soon Your soul
shall begin to thirst
at all you view....

Peaks of mountains
capped in snow...
Beaches of sand
at ocean's edge...
Rivers flowing
to land yet seen...
Fountains of water
In green isle parks...

Your throat so parched
your heart sticks.
As if life's beauty
is the maker of thirst.

You are now the caravan
thirsty with desires
always seeking...
never reaching...
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Poem In Pashto By: Afzal Shauq
Translated in English By: Alley Boling
Book: 'TWIST OF FATES' Poem No.187/Page.247
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