Author: Roodaba Shah
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Another Year Gone By
Shrivelled flowers replaced by fresh blossoms Vase old, same room let in a new day, Of night’s stillness soon broken Ringing bells, bursting revelry Moon old, the same sky shone with new hopes- In a flash, a day vanished into nothingness, a year ashes, An unusual passing away where no grief, no eyes misty the…
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Rewind
When bright sunshine begins to mellow Unfurling twilight glows, Closes eyes Depleted day surrenders Tired of reprising Mundane spells Sluggishly Stray in the mist of time Life escapes Through halcyon fields flows Balmy breeze Of reminisces warm embraces Thaw rime of yore. Surges craving impish Of life to rewind And walk again dusty alleys Of…
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A Mask We Wear
Beneath veneers Concealed countenances We mask existence with lustrous lies. Hold on to bosom pretensions tight We fake smiles ‘n cover blues with sheer We dab ‘n blend pallid ego with blush pink We fix imperfections, morph realities– Put on false lashes Silhouette edges Make eyes look big To accommodate copious dreams Compromise truth for…
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In the Shadows of Riches
In our confinements Happy We live unaware, the walls tall Impervious All night the sky rained, The cadence of pattering Camouflaged the voices wailing Wall of wattle-daub fell And thatched roof trickled Bled for the whole night Have-nots Lay collapsed beside. In the bliss of rain, drenched, The sight remained veiled Of opulence’s haze, Oblivious…
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A Wish
Marmoreal entombed Embellished with pearls Love asphyxiated, When burdened heavily. Souvenirs amour; Paling lustre. Temporal opulence, Succumbs one by one . Monumental love lore enchanting never for an untamed heart Wreathing flowery fantasies mind mushy Dreams surreal Of love that surges from the depth of the words Lasts lifetime when Laid in pages, Engraved in…
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Uprising
Sunrise tinted the sky red Dawning new day Vociferous violet starlings Echoed war cry; Free rein The dream once tethered and slaved, Liberated and soared high. Aeons of tyranny ended, Broke open all fetters. Battered Bodies Blue but spirit unbowed gallant, Oozing sanguine An orange magma annihilated prejudices of the oppressors. Unsung heroes, peasants lowly…
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Amaranthine Love
As ashen clouds enshroud the azure And rain pours Plunging drops spear my soul Wistful blue golden Glimpses of yore flash Blind the sun. . Perennial promises Unspoken vows, a tale untold Unkempt memoir laid to rest beneath mossy pebbles. Moistened with your laugh’s mist Rill serpentine still Streaming Love amaranthine Echoes deep in the…
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Can You Hear Me
Can you hear me? O You The only truth To seek you, myriad paths took Barefoot blistered, Ascended gelid peaks Walked through embers bed too Lit candles votive flickered when Protecting palms burnt. To fix my greys offered petals hued. . From dizzying labyrinth, whimpered endlessly Confided in you when stranded deep In the swamp…
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The Mystic
Melodies tuneful, lute softening haze. Ecstatic dawn-dusk, gyrating earth a dervish swirling renounces temporal riches, lifting the veil sees the beloved divine–
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Bare and Burdened
Holding riches of contentment Flying light traversing barbed miles endless, Haggard mien barefoot, unabated dream Enthralling emmer sunshine beckoning. . Stories they heard, glorious land lush Rosy days where nights resplendent River munificent flowing elixir Blissful promised land, hope burgeoning. . Frayed bindle of burden, penury a dent On shoulders frail, life is heavy Thatched…
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Fall
On the brink of autumn, I stand ‘n gaze to golden-amber foliage Once crowned the thickets Now gasping for air adrift, paled . Ephemeral love withers with shifting wind heart barren a bare bough deciduous every fall plunging leaves are tears trees shed an elegy to departing love- . Waning bright days russet shadows swell…
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Imminent Spring
Sirocco advances Bare clouds loom Earth scorching unsparing lashes Turbulent nuisances Perched on gloom Burnt branches cinereal flashes .. Vivid verdure eclipsed, Glowing sun Frost smitten days shiver swaddled In ashen snow murk glimpsed Orison Echoes in chapels; sky rumbled .. Wavering faith faint hope Reviving Rime thaws somewhere soothing downpour. Evanescing souls cope Life…