Life laid Bare

-

                     Life laid Bare

 

Life! The assembly of prismatic views,

Of changing shades, and its alien hues,

Somber and staid, the luxury and glee,

Now candid, then fathoms deep a sea.

 

Like a slender whiff of aroma in air lost

Dew drop to, the scorching Sun accost;

The colours of a rainbow, hurriedly fade,

The flurry of life; in filmy bubble was laid.

 

Water-laden clouds float, ah drained away,

To douse parched land, aye to the Sun stay,

On dunes gliding away, just the caravan like

The clouds scaling skies, on rots in the dyke!

 

Revelry, gambol and the wonted sport,

The avarice and greed, a few to quote,

Those snares and lures, the life falls to,

The cheat or a charlatan, the fraud too.

 

Sparkle, splendour and fleeing glamour,

Eloquence, style, and habitual candour,

All were driven away, to a ghastly shade,

Aye behold! How bare the life were laid

 

 

 

The charming beauty and the lure ’twixt,

The wit! Seeking cure, with curl and twist,

Through the mire, wallow and ever wade,

Pomp and flare, stark bare the life is laid.

 

Amid furors and commotion, life may live,

Forsaking pipe and the lire, thru the sieve,

An embodiment of compassion, life made,

Pure and chaste, stark bare the life is laid.

 

This web ‘tween virtue and vice, just a line,

The subtle crux, each bearing invisible sign,

A little light in heart, calls the spade a spade,

However intrigued, stark bare the life is laid!

 

 

          By DR. Riaz Ahmad, December1, 2025

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

My Endeavors Leap to a Surge

-
               My endeavors leap to a surge   My soul’s with Divinity blest, well-knit and strong, From cavern I’ll soar and pipe my melodious song, Tearing thru the numbness of stillness to the flare, I’ll balm the grieving heart and many a Satin dare!   Earned comforts bestrew my path, nay by chance, Silver to flashing gold, scintilla glow up and dance, And will illumine the benighted path, lying before, I’ve picked up the lost ends, pearls to dot my shore.   I shalt shape my fate and fashion it with pious will, My hopes abound, my endeavors surge with thrill, I’ve accursed the curse and nevertheless fate too, With the throb of emboldened heart, I’ll walk true.   Amid the throng, I shall be towering beyond hoax, My soul stands naked with truth, envy for the folk, I’ve ditched caverns, sky remains my frontier to fly, My odyssey, my sojourn, applaud me whereto I eye.   My dear son, ...
Read more

The Lambent Blaze

-
                  The Lambent Blaze The lambent blaze, oft' in your eyes, Hints a blatant answer to some whys, Done, what all seemed a task so afar, Keep up and someday you'll be a star.   On horizons where you perceived dark, With brilliant flare you'll chant like a lark, A road lies afore you, strewed with glee, The shackles are broken, ye are set free.   Like an eagle, discard pigmies and soar high, Depression's their abode, to fester and sigh, You're a darling of your home and its charm, Raised and spruced in love lo none to harm.   Bring forth the goodness in bosom hidden, Steal the show, amaze all, Lord hast bidden, In pastures and gardens swirl like fragrance, With scent of a rose, numb a sane to trance.   For us all you are a blessed soul and infinite gift, The unwavering anchor for those who are adrift, Your worries will pass away in the blink of an eye, Phases of melancholy and sadness ha...
Read more

My Dear Parents

-
Where shall I see your generous faces? Of unique love where wi ll I find traces? Here’s a void expanding every moment, N one  look up to, and I’m left to lament.   Your sweet voices often ring in my ears, To  solitude I’m confined for many years, The mellowness of yore hast turned gall, My tale of   infirmity runs gloomy and tall.   Parental fort has crumbled, in ruins I walk, Silence is my mate, ah there’s none to talk, In the wilds of my heart stripped of bloom, I fret  and fume, so no bl iss shall  find room.   A ttire s, articles  and  clothes are but lifeless, Arrayed but sans a  wearer , a h my distress! What a dismal abyss? I’m to wallow again, Cut and bruis ed deep,  surely I  never feign !   Pensively sauntering streets I feel ye beside, I glance aside, ah I’m alone on barbs astride, May that highest of heavens be your abode, Of glorified vales, therein gems have flowed.   Bye my parents!  You left ...
Read more