Poetry from Another Realm--Dr. Riaz Ahmad

                      Have Time     Lounging beneath a  mulberry tree, On a lovely day ,  and my fancy free, Watch ing on  a twig, a  birdie sweet, In blossom  there ;  our  glance s  meet.   And  disunited  from this world vile, Carefree and  reclining   up on a stile, The crimson Sun, there to   I  glance d , On a foamy ocean,  colours  dance d .   Steal ing over mountains, ‘twill fade, Shad es  crept  long,  and  never  stayed , The  silvery moon yon , full in the sky, The  galaxies ’  swirl, charm ed  my eye.   I  hear d  warbles , enchanting very  high, Astir with vocals , and the birds in sky, I b eheld the allure of nature, and  bare , A m elody  dec oye d, ah deciphered  fair !   I w atch ed a  nest, there a bird  to  verge...

                   How name Him   “The worldly shackles ,  off thou shake” Someone in my  ears , softly that   spake , I ’d  pondered and bemused ,  day s long, Why did   I addle? The  right and wrong.   He breathed the hint,  and were gone, I convulsed  a night ,  eyes set at dawn, An oddity   ‘twas, he glanced  and went, Breathed a spark, into  my  heart’s  rent   Evoked the fierce stir,  in my heart deep, Roused me awake, ah the  dope asleep! Pensive and verily aghast! Who he was? I chased him! Why h ere? And the cause.   T errains and  heaths , the hills and vales, But nowhere! Aye my shrieks and wails, Scalding tears rolling ,  mine cheeks down, He vanished, neither in woods nor town!   The  vision as he were, I knew him never! He had thronged my heart ;  his own ever, Leaving the   flash  behin...

                      The  Dialogue s   And  an island were thither , far and away , Where feelings would ;  gambol and st r ay! Happiness and sadness, vanity and love, O all cozily together .  and conflicts above!   Someone came, whispered in the dead of night, The deluge is im minent, hurriedly take to flight; The Sanity  hadst   packed off; and   hurriedly  fled Sheltered in boats, but tears the I nsanity   shed   One  bru ised heart and ’lone! Aye  stealthily  gone, Wrapped in the  dark veil ,  ere the break of dawn, The island sank deep and deeper, ’twas no more! Insanity mused, soon it would be a  forgotten lore.   Wealth  passed by, her boat pompous and grand! Insanity  pr ayed, O h  richness, lend me th y  hand,” Wealth replied, ah s il ver and  gold it  behe ld a lot, O Insanity  sorry! “Shall be...

                               SILENCE Eloquence and phraseology ,  draped in silence, Comrades read it, from my breaths’ fragrance, Tales of my woes, I exuded thru my tears flow, The raps and innuendoes, oozed out in one go .   Silence’s a vault, here I keep my worries locked, Silence an ocean sans shore, no one has stalked, No one peeks into the closet, I nursed my blues, T he domain s   of silence; I’d stuffed with  my rues .   In the  latency  of  silence, lives the vicious rumble , D ewy battle ‘twix t  passion and wits, and crumble , A myriad of notions,  seeds flourish in silent earth, In  rawness  of silence,  I  assay ed the glow  of mirth.   Brought hither in silent realm, I were placed calm. Seeking remedies, antidote, panacea or the balm, Bobbling on  wings of time , emerged the vista new Wreak vengeance  or...