Poetry from Another Realm--Dr. Riaz Ahmad

                                 My Plea    Aye b orn an orphan, the sweetest ever born! Morality dawn ed anew, over  the divine morn! The p ride of universe ,  that  glitters  ever  bright! To excel the Sun and stars, he’s  celestial light!   Thoughtful and  meditative,  sapient  and serene! Envisioning alone in  the  Hirra , he wert  oft’  seen! One  magnificent dazzle! That  would  never fade, The Sun that never sets , glorious he wert made!   Blest with the angelic tones,  his darling name, Fashioned of pureness, and  his ethereal fame, His  glitter! In guid ance  he excelled  a polar star! Beyond  angels’ reach,  surging  above and afar!   A name in  glitter , and in florescence unique, The love of cosmos, and insignia of mystique, Above the  zen...

  Who else but… …   A  flash  had  surged ,  in thy lambent eyes, And t ears  gleam ed, like stars in the skies , Smiles had pl a yed,  and  eyes  had glowed Flush riffled on thy  face, as tears flowed.   A blithesome wave, thy heart throbbed, ‘Neath th e yoke of onus,   y ou’d sobbed ; Nights awake, and hard days thy chore, Dreams weighing on, thy passion galore.   If ‘twas a tornado, hit me a fierce blow, You’ll be a  lambent light, of warm glow! Thy  scented  breath s, over my pale  face! A divine panacea, blest with godly grace !   In the deadliest of dark, you’re warm sun, Its radiant shine ,   and  every wise the one, Brings light and life ,  over  my  stricken face, Balmy, soft and smooth, with tender grace.   Everything, the warble’ s song or silent  voice, Falls a hapless captive to fate, and no choice, The tie s of love fall off, but the hurt s are ...

  Whither my abode? I blast  in two spheres, of my reality unaware , I outstrip the both, robb ed of  my  muse bare, Strolling in the arenas of love, I took to fright , A flambeau doused in mist, I sought  the light .   Severed from the ties of time, ah once more, I crave for the ale, and knock at tavern’s door, Pour into my ears, the symphony of a stream, S tir the  ecstasy of yore,  inebriate I ’ll  redeem.   Paint a diorama for me, then  draw a veil over , Excited I advance,  scared I recede yet  I hover, In the labyrinth of love, entangled I pine away, ’Twixt mesmer ic vistas, where to find my way?   Like a bird of flora, I’ll sing to a ruby-red rose, The whiffs of eonion  ale, I’ll breathe so close, Like a nightingale, I shall pipe the  love’s song, ’Cause a bird is come, to where it doth belong.   A fettered life, dangling with a strand of thread, Now lives free, from the mundane world’s dread, Wh...

                             A Repentance   Why so? I ride a swift  horse , chasing  a dear, But  I’m chased by a tiger; petrified with fear, I design days and nights ,  to get what I desire, But I land in a prison , setting  my  wants a fire.   The ephemeral shadows ; eclipse my  mind, That was planned to be one, ethereal kind! Like stray birds ;  ah I pursued different trails, Fluttering and falling ; into  the stormy gales.   Teeming ideas flo g ged, my myst ified mind, To my query ,  an answer therein I didst find , One  humble being, the sifting and the sieve, I toppled  in to  my lapses ,  to  weep and  grieve.   Aloof and silenced ’neath the somber skies , I raised  my stare  yonder ,  with  heaving sighs , On  the  dark  vista s ,  stealing  my  probing gaze...

           M iracles , rarely practiced The   gentle hand and its stately  magic , Lights a fading heart,  the   fallen and tragic, Its soft touch, as  overt a kes the gloom, The  waned  passions,  surge  and  bloom !   Lo  the  stunning magic,  of a kind smile, May  enliven the  ashen  face , in a while, Throwing  a spell ,  the sullen face  over , E mbellish  it ,   aye  charisma  sha ll hover !   And mesmeric,  the  rule  of a kind word, The   choicest   pearl ;   a rarity  in  the  world , M any a grievous bruise , aye  ‘twill heal, From a dejected heart,  the hurts  steal !   O behold the power ,  of a listening ear, Abating  the horrors ;  of  sting  and fear, The pent up emotions ,   discover voice , As t he  crest-fallen , ...

                              A Travelogue   He has plundered my heart and rob b ed my soul, The arrow pierced  my breast, shot  from my goal, Wriggling serpentine,  thru  earth y and crazy ways , I dissolve d  into nothingness,  but   alive  to  the  haze .   Zephyr wafting thru foliage, with mesmeric rustle, S neak ing silent  and unknown, thru swelling bustle , I braced  my  unseen wings,  and  alight on film y curls , Thru   cosmic corridors , I odyssey  as mystery unfurls.   Across the realms of love, pining away and afire, Tossed and swung around, then into love’s pyre , Abandoned of my reason, I were seething alone, In a  tryst sans bounds, a tavern  infinitely  blown !   Days and light  of yore, end in vapour and smoke, Floating here and there, the link betwixt I invoke, Twilight...

                    A flicker of Hope   T he  alien  darkness and my  queer  woes, I convulse  in agony , odd are the throes, My heart’s wrenched, and spurts blood , Ah  my face,  drenched  in  ruby-red  flood.   The rustle and b ustle, and blatant lies, The glamor of throng, clouds my eyes, The truth’s engulfed, by  roving   throng , Mischief’s on rampage, wide and long.   The folks of black hearts, and souls vile, Wreak hell on the naïve,  and each  guile, Aye speech charged, with hate and bile, Flaming tongues, to smudge each smile.   Terrible moments, surpass a nightmare, Compassion trodden upon,  in the blare Of illusive slogans, runs of dingy course ! Virtue dies ,  knavery lives reigning force !   My people! Rise with heads holding high, A glimmer’s in waiting, yonder in the sky, And live your hearts, in the glare of light...