wonderstruck new year

 wonderstruck new year

the season's brouhaha and soirees 
makes the year wonder
an instrument of measure
an emotionless milepost
a bridge in lives lived
    built or destroyed
    catastrophes unleashed 
    or sustained
so wonders the new year
about tears shed
of joy or sadness
and moves on

#tpoem

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thou shall not overkill

 thou shall not overkill

in the city
laws are fangless
when unenforced
in the jungle
laws reign supreme
without ever
being enforced

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the beginning and the ending

the beginning and the ending

in the beginning
          one soul
          countless bodies
in the end
          countless bodies
          one soul

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ibtida o ikhtitam

ibtida
          ik rooh
          hazaraha ijsaam
ikhtitam
          hazaraha ijsaam
           ik rooh

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ibtida o ikhtitam

 ibtida o ikhtitam

ibtida
          ik rooh
          hazaraha ijsaam
ikhtitam
          hazaraha ijsaam
           ik rooh

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suicide or sacrifice

suicide or sacrifice

miscalculation
indifference

over confidence
gamble
          with life
          or death
for what?

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tale of toe tags

 tale of toe tags

in the channel crossing
dreams drowned
bodies recovered
sent to the morgue
and later the caskets
flown to iraq
millions watched the news
wondered i
how many wondered
looking heavenward?

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sehra navard

 sehra navard

hum jo theh'ray sehra navard
sheh're roshni kay basiouN ki
muskurahut aur mohabbat
mus'noee lagi, raas na aa'ee
rukh kiya phir janib e sehra
hay jahaN her shay pur'sukoon

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short lived life

 short lived life

it snowed overnight
everything was covered
in virgin white
by the evening
it was all gone
down the drain
makes one wonder
about life cycle

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aur kahaaN

 aur kahaaN

gradish nau-paanch maiN
                woh baat kahaaN
khaak chanthay rahay
                kahaaN kahaaN

woh kahaaN, aap kahaaN
                 hum kahaaN
kharabaat maiN haiN sub
                  aur kahaaN

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monologue

monologue

can you say everything on your mind?
      no
can you write what is on your mind?
      no
why?
self-preservation
so you are a coward
is that a statement or a question?
both
(shrug)

#tpoem
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of laughter and smiles

 of laughter and smiles

the spontaneous laughter
over sit-com antics
a tongue in cheek quip
the  cackling of an infant  
ushers peals of laughter
not to confuse with guilt-ridden
chuckles
or the hand-in-cookie-jar smile
it seldom works
leads to the doghouse
ask me

#tpoem

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priorities

 priorities

"every morning we check our geysers first"
some do, others yawn
and wonder if yesterday
will be replayed all over again
and there are the glass-half-full types
glad to be alive and kicking

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dee

@ideedumz

every morning we check our geysers first

who will break the tie?

 who will break the tie?

the score is 10 - 10
in the nth innings
between sense
and senselessness
in the sense section
the spectators
are apprehensively silent
the other section 
is vociferous
the fate of this world
is in balance 

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success and failure

 success and failure

success and failure
both driven by action
lethargy and inaction
           imprisons
the third world
fodder for the first

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you and me: prisoners of a different order

 

you and me: prisoners of a different order

prisoners
of conscience
    of politics
      of race
        of gender
and not to forget
you and me
we too are prisoners
of our vocabulary

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blame game

 

blame game

never, ever are we to blame
for we are the chosen ones
whatever we do
          or attempt to do
all is caused by them
the zionists, the hindutvas
the islamophobes
never, ever are we to blame

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where do you go to hibernate, my dear?

where do you go to hibernate, my dear?

time
the ever-lurking enemy
cornered
        finally
when the mental shangri-la
        unveiled
with doors wide open
        just ensure
that door is closed
        behind you
and enjoy the bliss

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removing blinkers

 removing blinkers

said the vagabond
remove your blinkers
to see beauty and truth
in all their ugliness

kahaaN milay gi woh

 kahaaN milay gi woh

muddat guzri, her rah-guzaar say
poochtay thay 'kahaaN milay ga woh'
hu'a takrao ik banjaray say
'paglay khudhi maiN dhoondh' bola woh
'mujhay pata day kahaaN milay gi woh'

traagedy / almia

 tragedy / almia

people of the book
do not read
          the book
          defy books
disregard books

aah'l e kitab
paRhtay nahiN
kitaabouN ko
kertay haiN
nazaar andaaz

"the door of heaven is ajar"*

 

"the door of heaven is ajar"*

from the vantage point
of the hill park
sat i observing the landscape
houses below, rail track,
the flame of the refinery
time passed, perhaps hours
and thought of
hilaire belloc's the onion eater
and saw the door of heaven ajar

http://fullonlinebook.com/essays/the-onion-eater/rhab.html

confession

 

confession

am guilty
of global warming
of unkempt promises
of insulting imbeciles
of not loving enough
of having no patience
          with fools
of pleonasm
but am never guilty
          never
of supporting bigots
who misinterpret religion
for their nefarious agenda

theka

 theka

chakhay hu'aye
oos shaj'r e mum'nu'a ko
ik muddat guzri
aaj Ooskay naam leva
haiN her soo' duniya maiN
laikin lagta aisa hay
theka is deen ka
fiq't humaray paas hay

al-qadā’ wa ‘l-qada or al-jabr wa ‘l-ikhtiyār

 al-qadā’ wa ‘l-qada or al-jabr wa ‘l-ikhtiyār

lines
written unwritten
visible invisible
play a role
for some
it is writ, unchangeable
others ignore and rewrite

oblivious and unaware

 oblivious and unaware

seeking salvation
          and freedom
nirvana within reach
          meditating
he becomes oblivious
          and unaware
of attaining it

pit'ta ja peeta ja

 pit'ta ja peeta ja

kahaaN ki shar'm
kis ka bhar'm
bus apna dhar'm
aur aapka dhar'm
baqi rum hee rum

far'q

 far'q

shama ki lau
hararat ki tamanna
qurbat kisi ki
           kisi say
aaghosh ki khaahish
fuzool hay sub
tamanna ya khaahish
           far'q in ka
dhundla hay buhat

temporal's law 2021

 What is it with all and sundry have resorted to quoting hadiths?

Godwin's Law states that as an online argument grows longer and more heated, it becomes increasingly likely that somebody will bring up Adolf Hitler or the Nazis. When such an event occurs, the person guilty of invoking Godwin's Law has effectively forfeited the argument.

On Oct 27, 2015 i modified:

 

temporal's law 2015

 

"In cyber fora, the high tide of the reason is diluted by invoking Heaven, Raw or the West"

https://wordpress.com/post/baithuk.wordpress.com/1360

in the light of recent happenings i have a new version 

temporal's law  2021

"as an online argument grows longer and more heated, it becomes increasingly likely that somebody will bring up hadiths."

sialkot murder

sialkot murder

they asked, what now?
said i 

nothing 
nothing will happen
the news will die out
till another such incident occurs
then the same cacophony will sound

what then?
nothing
someday they will come for me

ashraf ul makhlooq

ashraf ul makhlooq

kya
haivaniyat
aur darindagi
maiN bhee
haiN ashraf hum?

#sialkot

expectancy

 expectancy

progress has robbed us
there was a time
when i took pictures
kodak brownie
rolleiflex, yashica mat
agfa, nikon,minolta

process the film
in the darkroom
developer, hypo, wash
see the results
compose and print 
hang them to dry
share the results

progress has robbed us
of the sense of anticipation

now we click
and instantaneously 
see the results
crop, change, re-shoot
the wait
the expectancy, the anticipation
          is gone 
                    forever

interesting times

interesting times

afghanistan
ukraine
iraq
refugees
global warming
covid 1,2,3....x
pentagon


and the unstable genius
and his co-conspirators

interesting times?