Poetry

I Should Have Known

by

Rehan Qayoom

We met
When the snows were melting from the mountain-tops
When the cherry-tree's first buds were in bloom
The entire park heralded the coming of spring with its sweet fragrance
The nightingale had just begun to sing
We strolled
Arm in arm
In cherry blossom-strewn streets
Catching at butterflies until
The rain came to join us
Like a dear friend

The day the first leaf fell from the trees
I bent down to pick it up
Turned around
Saw he was gone!
Now I collect my tears in broken leaf-images
I should have known our time together
Was to last
As long as spring did.

Prism

by

Rehan Qayoom

Just as the sun descends into
A drop of water
Creating a canvass of hues
The 7 columns of mist-spray
Embrace it with open arms
Painting a world of colours into
Its little body

I too possess a sun
And when I embrace it
A spectrum of rainbow-flowers grow from within me
All it takes is a slight change of direction
And again I become
A simple droplet of water
Blank and colourless

Moon

by

Rehan Qayoom

Both travellers
But with one destiny
Mine to be alone on Earth
Yours to be suspended in space

Anthem

by

Rehan Qayoom

Freedom and equity for ever and ever
Comfort and union, for ever and ever

Praying, receiving, for ever and ever
Preaching and teaching, for ever and ever

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My candle is lit on my table
My heart giving wishes away
I pray that the future is not as today
Just another ordinary day!