By Hedayetullah Solenkhi Silence with contempt; it makes the shadows come to life, taking form of a hideous demon, that is nothing more than our own self, struggling to survive, in a very dark ocean; Are nightmares our greatest fears? or are they a figment of reality, that comes to haunt us, when we are …
No more walks in the woods
Amongst the crowd of luscious trees, Where we had once made love, When words were carried through the breeze And the leaves were our stars above. When flowers were the fragrance, When fallen leaves were the street, When the cherry blossom pillars Were our shade from the heat. Where are those days, where have they …
Loneliness
Depreciate, Despression, Damn the gates! Deprived, Devestated, Desolates! Never asked for you help. Never got what I wanted out of life, Isolate, I so late, I for eternity, eternity… Appreciate, Growth rate, Baby steps, Exclusion, Experiment, Exhale your brain, It’s inside you, it’s inside me, It’s everywhere, everywhere… Ask yourself, are you happy? Are you …
Whitened…
By Mushira Habib When I’ll be covered in that white piece of cloth, Will be whitened out of life and pain, I won’t be able to see. ‘Cause my eyes will be covered too! Won’t hear much, as have heard enough in life. Won’t care much, as my term for caring will be over with …
My Shining Armor Knight
It whispers in my ears Comforts me not to fear Blocks all the lanes to my tears There rises my shining armor knight Showing me tunnel leads to the light. All the dark lone nights All the silent dreams in my eyes All the wrath deep down my heart Awaiting to be put aside. There …
I, woman
by Tazeen Binta Taj ‘Woman’ snorts the word through his grunty voice venomous with mockery I adjust my hair, scoop up papers and juggle with ten wolves in the board room. ‘Woman’ whispers in the southern breeze draping his arms around the sun-kissed skin tracing my check through soft hair I look into his caramel …
Ektara
I have six fingers on the six strings. Devastated, numb and trembling fingers are grasping for a rhythm, for a pace, but the strings are in mistuned race. Everyone is singing around, and they have a sly gaze on my fingers, urging for a tune, for a tone of divinity, but the fingers are static …
The Regretful Ending
by Sarah Soha Splashes of pink, blue, violet painting the heavens Fluffy cottons illuminate, demonstrating the supremacy of the sun. It was time No more u turns Had come too far. Taking a deep breath, I closed my lifeless eyes Flashback of some memories Some colorful; mostly black and whites My eyes no longer holding …
Smile of a Poet’s Wife She sobs at the kitchen
She entered my life with reluctant footsteps but my grin never transformed; She is a blessing, my homemaker, to my otherwise void boat. She sobs at the kitchen yet gloom doesn’t seep into the spice of lamb curry that lies stale on the table surrounded by hungry, empty chairs. when she sobs in the balcony, …
Lesson
by Shampad Rahmatullah You cannot say we have not lived, For we have braved the fires of our own. You cannot say we know not loss, For what have we gained if not loss’s trust? Have we not stared Death in its eyes? Hoping against hope we do not blink? Have we not shed tears …
