Shot Down In Flames Poem by Ibrar Siddiqi

I was loving you,
with all the strength in my heart.
Loved you in many ways,
never knew where to begin or start.

I bare my soul, for you to be wth me.
But a man can't love a woman,
when a man feels crowded, not free.

I had to deal with all your baggage,
Insecurities and unfounded theories.
I fell out of love, sacrificing all of me.
Nothing returned, wounded by everything,
Flames nipping at me,
flames, flames.

Falling from the sun, which lit my life,
Falling shot idown in flames,
Icarus, be my name.

Another wounded lover, burnt to deatn.
In an uncecessary war of love and no faith.


I Siddiqi 28.10.2009