Poetry from Another Realm--Dr. Riaz Ahmad

                 ASK ME NO MORE   Where from I come, and  whereto I go, Quell ing passions , the ir  ebb and flow, In the  turbulence; myself I often lose, Ask me not ,  what in my breast brews?   But sweet symphony, that I  hear not, With my dreamy eyes ;  and tears a lot, But fearing, a tongue if they were lent , Will assail my heart ,  to a grievous rent!   I know no trace ,  why tides wax and vane , Riled  waves  like passions, unveil my pain, I ’d  watched eternity ,  hung in ethereal air, From  void to fullness ,  thru  domes bizarre!   Therein my heart longs ,  to be dissolved, From ominous yoke ,  I shalt be absolved, Of all that dreads me ,  thru day and night, Unfettered ,  to the beacon of lucent light .       I were distraught ,  as secrets revealed, Amidst exposure ,  I were so concealed, In ...

                              Love   How  shall I  name it? The passion or fire, Now  covert,  then overt, dear then  dire, Deep as an ocean, or just a  gust y steam , A whirlpool, a wave or a flitting  dream!   F idelity,  piety in  a  y ounker’ s erring eye , A fanciful wish , decoyed in grave sighs, A rare troth, in abundance a blatant li e, Wert  love  a chameleon ? ‘neath  the sky.   Glamour  a nd  design s  knit , just one  trick, The loving  heart , they would fondly   f lick, Sweeter than honey, oozing tears of gall , Lur ed to bumpy  road, lover’s   piteous  fall.   Never a  fixed mark, one moving shadow! An agile apparition,  on the lush meadow, Usually  bl ights the  bloom ,  in  life’s  prime, And to the ruins,  beat ing its ...

                  My invocation   Modest and artless, is my  life’s way! M y eyes  downcast , y et yon and away, Fixed o n the zenith , where they  shine, Amidst t wink l ing stars ;  arrayed in line.   Concealed ‘neath my tattered  guise, Rumbles  a humble  soul , that belies Glamour and glitter, pomp and airs, ‘Twix t heaven and hell, a path bares   That  of rectitude,  grueling  but  fine, Thinner than film ,  and   times nine, ​ A n abyss , fathomless  on each side, So  horrendous ,  aye   this  tricky  ride!   Never the less, it calls  for sacrifice, Nigh impossible!  To p ay the price; Then pay it ever,  all thru one’s life, Ver il y strain ing , this  blessed strife!   Wherein gold or pelf , would n’t help, The mightiest hither;   will  there  yelp, With smothered faces ,  ...

             An Unseen flame Unseen, I were wafting like scent, In the garden, I were naively sent, My desire appeased or not, I run Burning with love, till I’m no one.   May  my breaths, enrich the aroma, The glitter of my tears,  excel   nova, Vision above vision, a strobe in eye, A  peek into heart , I’d  heaved  a  sigh.   I enchant symphonies, in love’s flow, Unveil mysteries, but  in secret ’ s glow, I renew the past, ah it rallies the same, I  beheld million  hues , lost to my flame!   I neither  seek the beginning nor the end, Gossamer  of  enigmas ,  in a cryptic blend, A  mystery unto another, w ith clue none, Off my head I go, in fire of love I’m done.   O my heart!  Why like a firefly ye convulse, Be reborn a gallant soul, and every pulse Burn thyself in thy own flame and merge With  the love’s fire, flaming on each  verge .   ...