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Best Poems Written by Shah Jehan Ashrafi

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Water Water Everywhere

Water water everywhere

And yet not a drop to drink

The world is a coffin

And we are all busy being out and in

Compassion is out

And cruelty is stout

Tears flow with haste

Saline water is its only taste

Take heed and dive deeper

Overwhelm like a creeper

Believe in yourself

Being lies in your self

Stop feigning happiness

Happiness becomes weakness

Expose your pain

Without it there is no gain

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The Other

Her love may cause strife

At times she remains as faithful as a pious wife

Without her you will find no spice in life

Yet she is famous to be a double edged knife

A mother she is

The care-giver and a fountain of bliss

Religions praise her declaring that paradise lies under her feet

To protect her progeny always ready to fight and defeat

Her beauty has empowered creativity

A poet's imagination becomes fertile with her entity

Sad though she had to fight for ages for equality

Some religions entitle her as being the doorway to prosperity

Wearing her veil she hides her sorrow

Her being is considered by some male-chauvinists as hollow

She was as if created to act as a shadow

Her stories prick and hurt like a poisonous arrow

Condemned to her duty she has accepted imprisonment

A daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother lie in that assortment

Consider her not to be the other

She is your partner...

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Lost

Trying to find myself
Is the mirror  right
Or a case of split personality?

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When Poverty Strikes

Poverty is realised in the mother's womb

It dogs the poor till his tomb

Sucking the breast does not bring relief

Lack of food plays the mischief

 

The child cries for food

But many more mouths await in the same mood

Hunger is like a smouldering fire

To feed oneself is human's main desire

 

Luxuries are things that are far fetched

Fate brings only misery and pain to the wretched

Hardships in life make of kids thieves

Out of frustration many in vandalism find relief

 

To work for a decent salary is man's dream

Food, shelter and clothing hearts scream

Values and principles all fade out

The poor forgets that crime pays without doubt

 

Stealing for the empty stomach becomes their fate

For many life's goal is meal on a plate

Employment and jobs are hard to find

Destiny's wheels are designed only to grind

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Miss You Loads

I miss you loads…

My mum she was, kind and meek
In the wardrobe of my memories for her do I now seek
She is gone in the tomb
There she is carefree like in a mother’s womb
Devoted she remained as long as she was alive
Indebted to her sweet tender care does my whole being thrive
Her face was my solace
She was my life’s only Ace
Her shadow was my comfort
Crying on her shoulders was my only resort
Every morning she would wake me up like the cool morning breeze
In her lap all my fear would freeze
Hidden in a veil she used to work all day
From her God for us only she would pray
Where is she gone I wonder
My quest to see her again does not ever surrender
Like a beautiful flower was her pure face
My mind does not let it ever efface


Her ears were seats where all my secrets were poured
Bless her soul with peace Oh my Lord!

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Open the Floodgate

Open the floodgate and you will see
You will witness forbidden desires on their spree
Priests will be seen lying drunk in bars
Adolescents will speed up their sport cars
Kids will eat loads of chocolates everyday
Leaving their children mothers will go on holiday
Students will relax on the eve of exams
Computers will not bother to execute programmes
People will dance naked in broad daylight
Worms will fly to reach a new height
Moths will hide their faces in darkness
Bees will distribute honey to all with eagerness
Sweeter will taste the fruits which are forbidden
Open the floodgate and wonders will happen...

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Handle With Care

Sorrow is mystical
It adds taste to joy
It is cherished by lovers
It haunts those who run away from it
It is the spice of life
Mystics treasure it
Poets need it
It is the true friend of people
It accompanies you when you are betrayed
It makes you uncomfortable to chase solutions
It destroys those who cannot handle it
It respects those who understand it
Sorrow is not a dead end in itself
Handle it with wisdom
It is a guide that lies in untrodden paths
It is a higher level of philosophy
Befriend it and it will not harass

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The Gull

I meditated till it came
Pure and free a gull it was
I wanted to catch it and it escaped
Was it my vision or a moment of trance
Flying high in the sky it was so light
Worldly affairs could not bind it
It enjoyed nature's bounty
It dipped itself in the fresh air
The depth of the ocean was no more scary
New heights it had reached
My mind wanted to attain the gull's achievements
Mother Nature had to give me freedom
My soul wanted that liberty
Flying high in the sky meant salvation
A soul mate was found in the gull

inspired by Nett's sense of meditation and struck by her gull in poem 'Fleeting Visuals' (free verse)

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Unnoticed

Unnoticed my being grows

Amidst a crowd of crows

Your eyes see me not

That's the greatest blot

Let me remind you of my faithfulness

My journey from being to nothingness

The fault is not yours

Wisdom is not in weak souls 

In your company lots of fools appear

It is high time for me to disappear

All that glitters is not gold

Unfortunately about this you were not told

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Valentine

A feeling that hurts
Yet it is solace
The pivot of mysticism it is
The reason of tears
The cause to live
The path to the Absolute
Yet it is a lane filled with thorns..
Saints have thrived 
Others lost their identity 
The beloved remained a shadow
A rainbow with attractive colours
Mystics praised it without knowing it
It is assumed that love has a form
Or is love nothingness in itself
Lovers feel proud to possess it
Yet it escapes like the unfaithful shadow
Chase me it says
Hold me in your palm if you have the guts..