Faithless Injustice on May 31, 2018The blurry line, where the land meets the sea Weightless words, hang in thin air, Unguided, directionless, just hot air. The face of humiliation, The face of shame, The face of conceit, a web of deceit, The face of treachery, The face of pretense, The face of cunning, an artifice, The endless faces of jiggery-pokery, […]
Dark times await reckoning on April 16, 2018Philosophers, ingenious rabbi’s of yesteryear The great masters of the past, fade into the dusky air Their words of freedom lie vacant on our sea’s passage Integrity wasn’t passed down, unfortunately It doesn’t run in our raptured veins, Now our blood is cold, like that of dead bodies. Generations lost to merciless heirs, There shall […]
Lethal passions on February 18, 2018Some passions are lethal and will destroy Lethal Attraction perched on lust is a fatal cry Lethal Men with empty pockets chasing love Lethal Shallow hearts drenched in love, Lethal A weary woman with clenched toes lethal Kneels down her lover’s feet and bows Lethal Blows kisses to the clouds, birds smile at her sight […]
Au revoir O history, Au Revoir my friend on January 13, 2018Is ancient history not where one looks in times of turmoil to reflect and learn from past mistakes? Doesn’t the carnage of the Japanese lives serve as an ode to bid farewell to history? Or a right example to be scribed here? What use are the tales narrated jotted down, passed on to us throughout […]
An island beneath the illusions of my world on January 11, 2018Nostalgia meanders its way to me carving deep into my tender flesh Ancient aches, rekindle A faithful yearning, an incision so deep The wounds open wide, with every thought The forsaken memories begin to bleed This is an ache that never leaves. A passing sailor inquired, if I miss that place. I fell silent, gazing […]
The Midnight Travelers on January 2, 2018As the sun sets in the West, It prepares to rise like a phoenix in the East. The horizon shimmers with hues of gold The twilight degrees, Descends into Dusk. The Eastern desert beckons me by name, harkens me To delve into its palm, Surrender to its immaculate beauty. I am the virtuous maiden Who […]
In the Land of the Pure on January 1, 2018The old city was once alive People gaily flocked hither and thither Now there is a smell of death, in the chill of the air. Antiquity to ashes turned The sacred landscape and its horizons, Now inhabit a sordid state, My solitude, my refuge A blot of shame. Leaders, abandon without care Treachery in the […]
Crowns of Blood on December 31, 2017Pharaohs, emperors, and all kings, played their roles, still the world sings. Their voices were not lost nor buried Time revolves around them, unhurried. Men draped in gold, in whose veins blood is bitter, Palaces drenched in blood, still shine and glitter. They sit arrogantly upon their high thrones, until, one day a mighty warrior […]
Medical malpractice in Pakistan on October 26, 2017If nature had a voice, would it scream in agony, wail in misery, or weep silently? Would the Eastern Winds have blown away every single branch from the green trees? Perhaps the rivers would have overflowed and flooded the world with pure contempt? That particular bright sunny day during the Holy month of Ramadan was […]
Human trafficking and forced marriages on November 6, 2016Amongst adduction cases where victims underwent a long captivity before being recovered, there was the famous case of an American girl, Amanda Berry, who was raped and consequently impregnated by her abductor. Kidnapped at the age of 16, it was not before ten years, a decade-long torturous struggle before she finally escaped along with three […]