Ah! Islamic republic of Pakistan! Isn't it so?
By the facts n' figures and truth n' lies it is not.
The cheery land, once deserved by them;
We do not merit this. Oh! What a shame?
...
I see the young, I see the old,
I see their every face.
I see the world in sands of time,
With oceans in the race.
...
We will have no more than a life to own,
We will reap, sure, what we have sown;
There will be years of despondence,
They can be good by a happy tone.
...
Why walk with soul so dead?
Why move as to pretend?
Why eat with such a dread?
Why drink with easing bend?
...
O' What a throbbing attitude,
For my delicious solitude.
For on the grass yet greenly still,
And in the gardens of the hill.
...
While the trees will give me the thoughts I need,
For the life of roses beneath the leaves,
There's a light for me and for everyone,
To repay the shadows of days and eves.
...
Along the road in the morning,
I saw the sun horning n' horning.
I saw the sky; turning blue,
I saw the light giving the clue.
...
I am the throne of self-esteem,
Just ‘I' and ‘me, my vigilant team;
I will do wonders when believed,
...
It seems as if to deceive is nice;
as if your power has struck once more.
It seems as if you can be bad,
and have the last laugh.
...
This burn you see on everyone's mind
and bodies, is nothing more;
but signs of life.
That scar you see that life is marring,
...
The stars have burnt all what they had,
And I have learnt that everyone's mad.
Yet madness comes, though, from within;
Be it the bumps through thick and thin.
...
Not pure of heart are we
Our souls are full of hate
All else shall go in vain
Our petrifying state!
...
There's so much to it-
This raw bleeding, daring, fighting mind.
This shocked, mocked, stocked yet locked, mind.
This pure, unique thing.
...
Spring cannot shun me.
For I remain, A legendary flower.
I must provide the light, in spite
of hearings fo the hour.
...
Life is to feel, to enjoy, to swim.
In the meadows of wonder,
‘Tis to plough the rough valleys
Of deeply rooted yet unsettled motion.
...
The truth of life, the wealthiest health,
The cause of good, a happiest act.
The need of love, the sky above;
We are afraid to face the fact.
...
How poor unfortunate souls they are;
Who neither know nor care to know,
What causes purity in the snow,
What causes sunshine in the hay.
...
The winds are hot, the summer is deep.
The place is taught to weep and weep.
The blazing air on marshy lands,
...
AOA.My name is Osama Waqar and I study at fauji foundation college for boys, rawalpindi in FSc. I write both in English and Urdu. I am really moved with the thoughts of Allama Iqbal in Urdu and Khalil Gibran in English. My aim is to become someone sufficient to the world. Knowing that I cannot, I always try to pay my Pakistan back what it has done for me. I request the readers to read my poetry carefullly with the fact that it's meaning is open to anyone. As, in literature, two and two don't make four, anyone may take out any moral from my poems. My poetry teaches that we should have an optimistic approach towards life and deem the matters more logically and undogmatically. Please do comment. Sheer thanks.May God bless us.)
And The Light Shines Upon........
Ah! Islamic republic of Pakistan! Isn't it so?
By the facts n' figures and truth n' lies it is not.
The cheery land, once deserved by them;
We do not merit this. Oh! What a shame?
The depth of its waters, once observed by them;
We do not observe them. Oh! What a shame?
The height of its snowy peaks, once climbed by them;
We do not even think of climbing them. Oh! What a shame!
The faith of the people, once inherited;
We do not carry it on-our culture, our society, our life.
Oh! What a shame! What a shame!
What an infamy! What a disgrace!
But I redeem this ideology,
I buy back this appalling fire,
I cash in this atrocious prospect,
That once again,
The sun will rise,
The mountains of darkness will perish,
By the stone of hope, by the light within.
I reflect on this as optimism-
That a day will come up to our imagination.
And our decision will be put into action by our own hands.
We will craft a masterpiece of harmony, peace and equality.
We will make this terrorism, in its real meanings, go away.
We will shine upon the world as light of the sun shines on Earth.
And we will be what we were supposed to be! !
But, my dear friends,
Faith is all I need at this moment-
The requisite determination,
The much needed skills and brotherhood.
And only then we shall make,
This light shine upon……………………
Osama, a strong sanguine voice... a blossoming poet; gifted with couplet-composition move on with your insightful poetry... Best Wishes! ! !