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A Battle In The Mind
[PART I] I live in a town, beholdin a hut made of grassThe grass is made of goldGold embedded in glass No goon, loafer or trampsDwell in the moonlit townIt is the of town of lampsWhere light never goes down The goons I hear have plannedan attack on the bright townThe generals once bannedWish to… →
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Learning the Hard Way
Life goes on and on and thou keep on learning For as long as oil lasts, the lamp keeps burning Toil as thou may, receive shall thy prize Only with the death of depth, a man truly dies Some learn easy, some learn the hard way Yonder the shades, ye are made of clay The… →
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Hail the Fallen
Hail the ones fallen – hail them all For only the mightiest endure a fall Alexander and Darius -fell they to disease 2013 Shaanxi: where great men fell to bees But what cannot stand may never fall For only the mightiest endure a fall Jonah – fell into the tummy of the whale Prayed pale,… →
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And yet it moves
Trails are ordained Inescapable, yet so empowering For the belief fails to fade out Even when bright light does, Even when those who showered flowers upon us Now pelt us with stones Even when silence is the only audible sound In prison cells like mine How much shall men endure For the sake of… →
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A Thousand Illusions .
In the silence of night In the absence of light A thousand racing illusions Are perceived by my sight *** In the pursuit of solace I take part in the race I reach a world beyond But I can’t see that face *** I lost that magic wand to some unknown land Peace will never come… →
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A Stranger To Myself .
Beyond all worldly affairs I am a slave of the soul I have company, still forlorn I await the rage of destiny * Searching for joy amidst gloom I am a lonely wanderer I have a direction, still derailed I await the dawn of veracity * Envisaging the magic to happen I am a failed… →
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Of God & His People .
I impress people and I feel euphoric, But it ends up in treason. I impress Him and I feel ecstatic, It ends up in everlasting pleasure. I sit on my throne clumsily, And there is no trace of joy. When I prostrate before Him, All the joy of the world is mine. I rule hearts… →
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Where Death Was Better .
Seeking fortune, I once wandered alone Mountains I scaled and fears I raced Gathers no moss as a rolling stone The cold I braved and dangers I faced In pursuit of the fortune I traveled in vain No one cared for a traveler in pain * Hunger and thirst rendered me insane I wept at… →
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Each breath counts
I was a deer of a herd in Amazons and the glory of a flock of swans before that forest fire, beyond repair and that flashflood of despair I became forlorn as I lost my herd Anguish invaded me, left me perturbed Pessimism completely penetrated my soul and so I became a living ghoul But… →
Jalees Hyder- Kashmiri Witness, Poet, Resistance Organizer 