rear view mirror: at the bottom

abyss--profundity and resilience
shallow--trifling and trivial

in the void
memories are the shadow

memories--a collage of lifetimes
preserving, prolonging, propagating

sub aagaaz o anjaam
sub sajday, mulaqaataiN
rai'gaaN, fuzool

aai, rukay, chalay
aur paya kya

fasana e zindagi maiN
nahiN mila woh kahiN

the light fades s l o w l y
descending it gets cooler, aphotic

and the shadow becomes us
and we become Him