Saba Sheikh Poems

Whether above or below
Together we make the rainbow

Through the darkest time
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I am 91/81/71
And having fun
I live on pension
And have no tension
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The journey of life could have been less painful
if....if only

I had not the power to feel
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In my childishness
And in my haste

I tried to catch you
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In spring as we shed our clothes
The humble trees wear robes of green
We thank god that winter has left
How a wonderful weather it is
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I strived all my life for love,
Love that I could never truly prove,
But once out of adolescence,
I cried out, it all began to make sense;
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O Why My love?

Why my love? , o, why my love?
Why do the tears fall down your eye
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O moon, the moon;
Shine your light on the wounded,
and disperse its sorrows
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O forlorn beauty!
Neglected is your pretty face,

You lie upon the ground so cold;
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In the withered lilies of long-forgotten memories,
will you be there,
will you remember;
just me,
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