O Life, My Life Poem by Mohammad Younus

O life, my life
You are a dream,
My dream!
You are so sweet
But only in dreams!
What are your joys?
Ephemeral! fast fleeting!
You give me gifts and ecstacies
But soon they are lost by me-
Like passing fancies,
And often leave me alone
In darkness grown
I, sleepless, stay forlorn
Waiting for the day to break

Life, hear my humble plea,
Hark to my heart's prayer:
Send back to me Your visions,
Make me hear your melodies
Constantly enchant me
by your melodies sweet
Let me die only after receiving
Enlightenment and awareness

MyKoul