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six letter words killer muslim lover refrain accept syria refuge europe denial desert senate broken shooter vio-via derail

distance lends strange perspective

distance lends strange perspective

a plane fails to land
dubious claims are made
bombs go off
in mosques
in bazaars
families, children are inflamed
killing fields galore
in oil mid east

oh,  and maybe
a deranged (if white) 
a terrorist (if black/brown)
kills a few
in school, theatre, mall

another bright morning
(here) 
enjoying chai
i wonder
about a refill

distance lends
strange perspective

suna hay

suna hay yeh garmi e ish'q

pighla daiti hay dukhoN ko

chalo hum bhee doob ker ish'q maiN

aazma laitay haiN tapish ko

chai lao: been bajao

chai lao: been bajao

chai lao

sirji woh kya hay

suna nahiN, chai lao

sirji sunami aaee hay

aati rehti hay

zalzala aaya hay

theek hay, theek hay, chai lao

aik masoom aurat per...

achcha, achcha

yeh sub tou hota rehta hay

chai lao

syria kay refugees doob ga'aye

kumbukht saudion ko batao, chai lao

sirji fata maiN drone say...

(glaring at the teaboy)

aur karachi main bees dehsat gard...

bhaee yeh sub tou ma'mool hay, chai lao 

another temporal law

You know Godwin's Law

As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.

my modification:

temporal's law

"In cyber fora, the high tide of reason is not stopped by invoking Heaven, Raw or West"

this land is mine: earthquake 2015

the moon aloof 
wolves silent
birds seeking nests

the sun quivered

religion, ideology, politics
all reign supreme someplace 
sometime
not this time when day's order
is digging, probing

the dazed straggler
tightly clasped his three year old
took a few steps
paused
unsure

the quivering sun 
saw a re-arranged landscape

crocodile tears
on media 


earnest efforts
on the ground

from the minarets
came the guilt-inducing wailing
pray
pray
bray
bray

the pye dogs love

sleep

sleep
absconds
when memories
unfurl

janay kay baad t'ray
neend bhee dabay qadmON
youN chali jati hay
jaisay thee hee nahiN
qurbat oos say kabhi

ishq e chaman

ish'q e chaman 

hu'a chaman say jo ish'q
chaman-nasheeN, baaghbaaN
bhula diya sub ko
chaman, malik,  banda
aaya koi haath nahiN

love for the garden
ignoring the gardener
and garden dwellers
is vain, disheartening

shiva, sahitya, shiva

shiva*, sahitya**, shiva***

shiva's tears

for sati

in katas****
up in the salt range

the pond

unadorned 

abandoned

by worshippers 

disambiguating

third eye

its legendary clarity

opaqued globally 

by cascading cataracts

deen, dharam

shaikh o brahmin

juda raahaiN

ik manzil

laikin teesri aankh

ka fiqdaan

turn to jewish shiva

to dull the pain


*shiva
**sahitya
***katas raj
**** shiva

one brick at a time

for centuries 

we drank  

from the same well 

celebrated festivals  

fought invaders 

colonizers alike 

 

since seven decades 

we've been building 

these walls 

brick by atomic brick 

to the glee  

of the mullahs  

and the pundits 

 

come, let's dream 

some day 

we'll bring it down

brick by brick

barefoot

barefoot the yogi climbs the mountain
barefoot the blessed walk
bare-kneed the pilgrim trudge up the hill
barefoot he paints the world

much to the dismay 
of the orthopaedist

flickering light

flickering light


woh noor hay

aur roshni

kahaaN nahiN hoti?



pulling, pushing, pulsating
dusty heart
of dormant mammal

engraved on floating fables
his image
with/out reflection, we mirror

you-me, dust-dream
...are light
...love lust, hunger angst

karbala, auschwitz, chechenya
khmer rouge,iraq, syria
4/7, 6/7, 9/11, 7/7,11/26...

godrahbad, jenin, ramallah
ram allah?
gremlins awakening

where there is light
there are goblins
hibernating within.

circle ii / daira ii

circle ii / daira ii

inaudible rosary

of sighs strung together 

with garish piety

irreligious 

in its un-dependence

on cosmic power

other rosaries

strung with 

tattered innocence

scrubbed beauty

raw humility

unrequited love

display naught 

and in the end

there is no end

a circle goes

round and round

daira ii

bay aawaz

aahON siskiyouN ka 

ishq e haqiqi
bay aawaz
aahON siskiyouN ka 

ishq e majazi ka

vir'd  ho 

tasbeeh kay daanON per

dairOn ka yeh safar
humaisha jaari rehta hay

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circle i / daira i

underneath...

underneath...

indifference
lies
melting care

haughtiness
buried
nervousness

abrasiveness
hides
dissatisfaction

sacrifice
covers
insecurities

machismo
conceals
weakness

amiability
connotes
resignation

love and
familiarity
breeds
contempt
and
children

(that's not me, it is mark twain)

blame game: it is not my fault

repeated the cab driver

as he swooshed and swirled

through the desi traffic

with cars and carts

and men and machines

in various states of decay

rushing, idling, squeezing

with a foot on the pedal

and a hand on the horn

'it is not my fault'

 

fault? blame? confession? 

adam would have smiled

 

quakes, tsunamis,

holocausts, ethnic cleansing

(all holocausts, not just that one)

and greed that blinds

individuals and nations

precariously countered

by grit, will and concern

for adam's progeny

by eve's children

who descend to salvage

flustered dignity

 

conflicts borne of nature

fermented on earth

whirling between

the many dazed and

the unconfused few

 

hirsute adam

would have revealed

mona's first smile

(leonardo tells me)

a metonymy for

'not-my-fault'

shadows/sa'aye

shadows

shadows
desert
in the dark
if they betray
at high noon
that would be
bewildering

sa'aye

tareekiouN maiN sa'aye bhee

kahaaN saath daitay haiN
dO peh'r ki dhoop maiN
saath choRhaiN tou janaiN

yaad may ooski gharq

yaad may ooski gharq

sar-sarata sukoon
jub hum aa ghosh hota hay
tou mudhoshi ki devi
hosh kho bethti hay
aur yaad t'ri phir
chali aati hay
dabay qadmoN

in the solitude

in the solitude

in the solitude
of the cacophony
i dreamt
of the rolling meadows
where the rustling
whispers of the wind
play susurrant ragas
of your fragrance

in aankhON ki dastaan

in aankhON ki dastaan

kya kya na dekha 

in kumsin aankhON nay

khwaab sub oos kay

takra ker 

mauj e havadis say

bikhar ga'aye jaisay

life

of unfulfilled dreams

witnessed

these young eyes

na khail sakhi woh khilonoN say

na aankh mucholi khaili

bartan manjhtay, jharoo daitay

bachpan guzra, ooskay sath

zina hu'a bil-jab'r

ro bhee na sakhi, 

cheekh bhee na sakhi

kuch ahl e shaoor

kuch ahl e daanish

idhar oodhar cheekhtay rahay

laikin dunya humari behri nikli

darta hooN

jo is kay bachchay huNgay

tou yehi kahani dohraee ja'aye gi

Eчαυυκ Art @EyauukArt

Through Roads of Blue By Ana Munoz #watercolor pic.twitter.com/iA4yzUKqYH

Ope

n

andha aaeena

andha aaeena

lub b'muh'r aaena
dekh raha hay
dikha raha hay

lips sealed
the seeing mirror
witnessing
reflecting

kabhi bahaar ki mehak say pu'ur
kabhi pyar ki mudhoshi say terr
kabhi fatwON kay bojh say aashna
kiya kiya na dekha oosnay
kiya kiya na suna oosnay
hum aisay nahiN
hum waisay nahiN
srif zair e lub woh muskurah diya

meh'v e hairaaN hooN
yeh aaeena youN
khuda kaisay bun gaya?

almia/irony

almia

her shub
phir maiN
shikan a'looda
khwaabouN ko
teh kerkay
so jata hooN

irony

each night
i refold (my)
crinkled dreams
& go to sleep

tempered

tempered

tempered glass
tempered soul
tempered life
break not easily
but when they do
the pieces spread
disenchantment

kahani ghas kay ik tinkay ki aur aamad e bahar

kahani ghas kay ik tinkay ki aur aamad e bahar

kal
chupkay say
jo gira tha
ik patta
hu'a namoodar
aaj ik tinka

alibis, crutches

alibis, crutches

truth needs them
less
lies more

bayzaar

bayzaar

joos'tu'joo e zunn,
zurr o zameen maiN
raigzaar ho ya bar'fzaar
hu'aye donON say
hum bayzaar

takfiri terror tale

takfiri terror tale

she bought a pair
of shiny black shoes

they returned one
blood stained shoe

ik khoon aluda jota
aur
hasratouN ka janaza

no thanks, i'll let myself out

no thanks, i'll let myself out

will follow the stars

to find my way home

it was realistic

not bravado

but the laws

of unintended consequences

meant cloudy sky

the door behind was closed

and the lights turned off

to the shepherd

(who had deserted us

or so it seems)

i muttered

fine, thanks

another night

in the wilderness

will not kill me

souchta hooN

souchta hooN hazaar daastanaiN hoNgi madfun yahaaN waq't ka sitam bhee ajeeb hay no woh rahay na hum rahaiNgay twitter.com/ShirazHassan/s…

Shiraz Hassan @ShirazHassan

Another wooden door, Haveli Sujan Singh, Bhabhra bazaar, #Rawalpindi pic.twitter.com/Ax3Tmnk5kr

11:46am · 5 Oct 2015 · TweetDeck

and then i woke up

and then i woke up dreamin' of her smiling eyes that throaty laughter body fragrance cascading passion suffocating embrace

waq't baqi hay

waq't baqi hay

aap per aaj
mertay haiN hum
mer hee jaiN
shayad kal hum

copybroke

copybroke going for broke broken heart broken deals broke a leg (no it wasn't the first night) dead broke now copybroke

haqqeqat

khuda mera

nahiN srif

khuda mera

jub jaan lee 

yeh haqeeqat

maiN maiN na raha

tou tou na raha