mirage / saraab

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seeing things

highway mirage

kuch muktahlif nahin

sarab e zindagi say

long winding roads alternating

iqbal bano and zia mohyeddin 

salamanca and beyond

drizzle, rain, sun alternating

as the sky cleared 

i said now we will make speed

words uttered too soon

the sky turned black

lighting flashed and

visibility dropped to 30 feet

the speed from 100 to 30

stop, stop right here

it is madness to drive

i can't, i can't

see the road line

see the flasher

of the car ahead?

so in blinding rain

we drove on

what did the bard say

about all's well that...