Saleh …..19 yrs….lost his legs in a war. He was not particularly despondent……one day in the hospital I was hurrying to join the twitter at the tea bar….through the corner of my eye I saw him in the corridor…. deep in thought, nose pressed against the fogging window pane…. I just stopped... walked up and touched his shoulder…..he was shaken out of deep thought and as I said some meaningless comforting words….. his forced smile disappeared and he just melted…! !
Fields dancing in the wind
the buds and flowers too
I see the grasses velvet hue
the blooms refreshed with dew
I want to caress them tenderly
like I wish to be with you
your presence like the blossoms
delicate and softly bossomed
my love is here and true
like the wishes I have for you
scented, sweet, alive and strong
you will always carry my heart along
like an ever smiling flower...
blue cheery sky for our cover
little birdies twitter in the sun
and the air too whispers fun
lonely remains of innocent dreams
a happy family now rests in realms
hudled and one day blissfully slept
silently upon them hellfire crept
Cant no more, a roll in the grass
or feel the tangy tufts of moss
with my legs I've lost the toss
cant touch nature…or you...alas!
(Islamabad)
April 7,2009)
this is the kind of poetry i enjoy, doc...no embellishments, no ambiguous intellectualization...simply straight from the heart at that moment ur gentle hand is placed on the young boy's shoulder...
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Beautiful and well arranged. This part reminded me on Rilke's poem 'Put Out My Eyes': my love is here and true like the wishes I have for you scented, sweet, alive and strong you will always carry my heart along Words flow with so much lightness and the poem evokes very nimbly crafted rhythm.