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Best Poems Written by Kashif Moosa

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Zuha, My Daughter

My love, my life, my heaven on earth 
Oh, the joyous feeling at your birth 
A smile that reached into my heart 
Just calling me to play my part 

Gently swaying in my arms 
Your dainty form, so smooth and calm 
Shining eyes, like diamante 
Soft as snow on a wintery day 

The little curls brushing your face 
Beauty matched with childish grace 
And then you made those crooning sounds 
Like a summer breeze just dancing around 

Holding you tight, so close to me 
I knew that you would always be 
My refuge, my escape to a place so fine 
A return to innocence and godliness divine 

When I first laid my eyes on you 
T'was as if a million dreams came true 
Like the rarest of gems, a gorgeous pearl 
Six years on, you're still daddy's girl 

Knowing then as I do now 
That you and I are tied somehow 
Your pain would pierce me to my soul 
Your joy would make me dance and roll 

I know not what the future holds 
But this I know if truth be told 
In years you'll need me less and less 
But you I'll crave till I'm laid to rest

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Pakistan, Why Oh Why

As I look at the land where I was born 
I search far and wide for years now gone 
When every waking moment was ripe with hope 
When to reach for the stars all you needed was a rope 

Where the days were a flurry of scenes so sweet 
Where the night was just that, a time to sleep 
And the dreams were filled with happy thoughts 
Coming true in haste and not always sought 

I remember the height of my life would be 
To just lie on the beach and then swim in the sea 
The sheer excitement in my face when my father showed 
The train tickets to the northern peaks all snowed 

Oh the soothing calm of a walk in the lane 
With no thoughts or qualms or worries or pain 
And the wind so kind on the body caressed 
Just a gentle reminder of a land so blessed 

And then one day in a blink of an eye 
What I thought was mine till the day that I die 
Was consumed by a fire raging hot and bright 
Like a blinding flash summoning a dark endless night 

And in that fleeting moment, my whole world changed 
Bringing grief and sadness and a nation so drained 
Deforming the way of life that we knew so well 
Quoting religion falsely to have their needs propelled 

And with such brutal force did the tides turn 
Not just villages and towns but whole cultures were burned 
Crushing love and tolerance all values in psalms 
Moulding a whole new way, a new version of Islam 

Preaching hatred against all, no one left to escape 
Forcing a veil on life, the real teachings were draped 
Fearing only the truth which could alter their fate 
Using might and terror against the challengers to their faith 

I look away, holding back the tears in my eyes 
Wondering how a land so rich and wise 
Could lose it all in such haste, such a small space in time 
Why the leaders let it happen, such a heinous crime 

And it dawns on me the reality of things 
That there is nothing more important than what education brings 
As a nation we have failed to pay our debt 
Having bred illiterate fools than a country more adept

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The Night Dive

As we slowly descend in the ocean so deep 
I glance up as if grabbing just one last peep 
A glimpse of the stars lacing the cloudless sky 
A bright full moon keeping my spirits high 

Such a strange feeling as the waters rose 
As if leaving a life that one so well knows 
Entrusting your being to the mercy of the sea 
Scared yet determined to unveil the mystery 

Engulfed by an aquatic wall so dense 
I gripped my torch, focusing its beam intense 
As the numbers grew on my shining depth gauge 
Was it the end of time or just another page 

And then suddenly spotting the ocean bed 
I adjust my eyes to see the wonders ahead 
An eerie sensation creeps up on me 
As if floating in space feeling oh so free 

Hovering on the sea floor, I cut off my light 
Letting the pitch darkness just seep inside 
Feeling strangely relaxed as if still on land 
I focus my eyes kneeling down on the sand 

And then like magic the world unfolds 
As if opening the door to treasures untold 
Shimmering like jewels forcing me to surrender 
Beautiful life forms from the world down under 

Awestruck, and unable to shift my gaze 
I stare at the crazy lights in the haze 
And I am filled with joy on a dark shadowy night 
Having witnessed such a truly magical sight

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War

Conflict, killing, death and destruction 
Fiery clouds like volcanic eruptions 
Sweeping across as if winds from hell 
Oblivious of the cries or the tolling of bells 

Ravaging, raping, mother earth 
Humanity forgotten, savagery first 
Old and young, turning lives into dust 
Wombs with unborn, just victims of lust 

The lust for power, oh wealth and all 
No value of life, just riches the goal 
Senseless and absurd, this drive insane 
Men of intellect causing so much pain 

Why, oh why is it so very hard 
For the power hungry men who hold the cards 
To comprehend, to understand, the futility of war 
Just a short term win, showing future the door 

In wars, there's never a winner at all 
Just a loser subdued, as a nation falls 
While the aggressor struggles just licking the wounds 
Conjuring up stories explaining the countless tombs 

Oh to tell an orphan why the state is such 
Why his father and mother were just blown to dust 
Or a defenceless couple with burdens to carry 
That the apple of their eye is but a distant memory 

Feeling heavy, I look around with a weeping heart 
For a solitary reason why we play this part 
No winners just losers, innocent casualties untold 
War is God's clear sign we have lost all control

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Discontment

One thing I believe in my heart's deepest core 
All my life I have wished for something more 
But we live and die with our minds so closed 
We never realize that we've gotten what we were owed 

As a young simple fool, with my eyes on the world 
All I wanted was to fly, to be propelled, to be hurled 
To get a chance, just a glimpse of the wonders to see 
To embrace and to feel all the pleasures next to me 

So many wants and desires and dreams in me 
I could never have thought they would all agree 
To come true in a span so short and sweet 
Have me touch and caress them, just fall at my feet 

Looking back its clear that all I should do 
Is to bow my head in absolute gratitude 
For if truth be told, I should head for the door 
But sadly, I want more, and more and more

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Desire

A word so confused so wicked yet benign 
With so many different meanings from pure love to crime 
Brimming to the top with godliness so divine 
Yet tearing up a body with one's nails just to dine 

Aggression and fear, and hatred so fine 
Ruthless and mad, oh a frenzy so blind 
Pushing us to our roots, our instincts lost in time 
Reliving the feelings of our ancestors in their prime 

I smile at myself, me "one of a kind" 
For I felt that control was my forte, my find 
Never worried, cause I knew when my heart was crying 
I could put up a facade misting out I was lying 

Feeling pompous and proud of the grip on my mind 
I suppressed the real desires for a life so sublime 
Always crushing my wants like wheat in the grind 
Showing a face to the world so distant from mine 

But as I age, my eyes losing all their shine 
No tears to be shed as the veins are drying 
I choke down on my sobs, and think as I am dying 
That I grounded myself when I could have been flying

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The Divinity Within

"Lower your hands, pull up the pants so the ankles are bare 
Keep a beard, shave the mustache don't you know it's a prayer! 
Bend down more, bow your head, this is your life, you clear? 
Leave it all, heed the call, submit to God right here!" 

As a child I felt stifled by this ceaseless barrage 
From a man painfully shallow behind his obvious facade 
How could he who had experienced so little of world 
Be my guide to a place never seen, just heard 

For to me it was strange that the Maker so divine 
Was portrayed as an aggressor punishing you for your crimes 
While as human, less angelic, I would rather forgive 
Spread the love, build a world oh so blissful to live 

If you really look deep, you will feel it in you 
The heavenly presence of the Lord, a light shining so true 
Not just in humans, plants and animals but even the earth's crust 
God is everywhere you look, inside every one of us 

So why be led by someone just to feel God's might 
Cause in my heart I am clear what I think is right 
And that knowledge comes straight from my faith in Thee 
For I know that Thou art in every facet of me 

You don't need a medium to get closer to God 
For you are heard before you think, that's the power of the Lord 
All that's needed is a heart open far and wide 
A little respect for His creations and He's there by your side

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Preordained

I trudge along the narrow winding streets 
Looking back now and then as my heart faster beats 
Hoping against hope that I have left behind 
The searing pain of my faults, relentless and unkind 

I see myself always there staring back at me 
Coercing me, punishing me, for the world to see 
A constant reminder to all, of the fate I have carved 
What should have been, could have been, like a life cut in half 

I turn away as if avoiding a dream so cruel 
Telling the other me that I am the winner of the duel 
But as I hurl these words with all my might 
I see my other self standing and smiling so bright 

Cause I know as he knows the real winner so true 
Its not me nor him nor our life so blue 
I lament the fool in me taking long to realize 
You can't beat your destiny which is your life in disguise

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Lost Chances

And then I drop my head again 
Cringing inside and wishing so hard 
Why I picked that troubled card 
Lost so much, gained only pain 

And then I drop my head again 
Blessed with love and all the care 
Bestowed happiness, more than my share 
The wealth and riches I just let drain 

And then I drop my head again 
Friends so close with hearts of gold 
Inspiring me, making me bold 
Lost them all, am I insane? 

And then I drop my head again 
Life's too short to let pass by 
Grasp it hard, with head held high 
Sadly, I have missed the train 

And then I drop my head again

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Silence

Piercing my skull, splitting my head 
Louder than life, waking the dead 
The incessant ramblings of men ill bred 
Oblivious to the pleasure of words unsaid 

Pushing through the crowds, my face so grave 
Knowing in my heart that all I crave 
Is a space distanced from this sea of noise 
Just me, my thoughts and life's little joys 

Oh, the joy of hearing pure untainted sound 
Like the patter of rain on God's sweet ground 
And the feel of the sand and the pebbles so smooth 
Even the thunderous waves sing a lullaby to soothe 

Searching far and wide for the world of my dreams 
That luscious piece of land like strawberries and cream 
Where I stare at the stars, drifting off to sleep 
Waking up to the dew drops as the morning leaves weep 

With half my life gone by so fast 
Realization has finally crept in at last 
That the answer I seek, what I want to see 
Lives deep in me, waiting to be set free 

All I need to do is to close my eyes 
Just talk to myself, hear my laughs and cries 
No feelings to be voiced, no sound to the words 
Just silence so pure that every thought is heard