LOST LOVE

Lost Love

Came to my home,

found me not,
on the farm,
she did not see me,
at school,
I had left before
her arrival.

 

In the church,

I skipped mass and
holy communion
because of her,
at public square,
I didn’t show up,
club house-I bade-
goodbye because of her,
agoras-vacation-I took-
to avoid her.

At first sight,
her love drove me crazy,
her image-mind etched-
immediately without editing
or cropping,
her picture-mind carried
far and wide-
thought on her,
mind refused to let go.

As a new lover,

I saw and treated

her in my dreams,

her voice on mind
turned intoxicating liquor,
smiles-seen from afar-
became opium to sedate me,
her beauty turned cannabis
that made me high.

Her attention,
I sought for months,
royal emissaries-I sent-
uncountable times,
her face-I desired  to behold-
in the rain visitations to her home,
I made countless times,
in the sun-by city gate-
I stood for her to see me.

She declined my entreaties,

away she sent my messengers,
from inner chamber-she roared-
given me marching orders,
behind closed doors-
she sent messengers away-
upon instruction-sentry-
marched community delegation
out from her courtyard.

She locked her love gate,

from community of lovers,
she excused and excluded
herself.

Now she is back-
seeking face once ignored,
sending me love lyrics,
inviting me to home once
chased out,
calling my royal emissaries
to intercede.

Blowing kakaki or trumpet
of love

on social media,

looking for me

through GPS of love
on every media,
promising me heaven and
earth,
on oath to make me happy.

Must I run amok for her
love again?
shall I go on-my-knees-all-day
for her love again?
shall I give another try
to her love again?

No! No! No!
I said to unreciprocated
love,
my love for her is LOST;
nothing is better than to
say: Good Bye to
A LOST LOVE.

Marry Me

Marry Me

i will not marry you,

because of your color

i will not marry you

because of your nationality

yes, i will not marry you

for your faith

i will not marry you

for your social status

for our political differences

marriage is off the table

i will not marry you

my parents object it

i will not marry you

because of age-long taboo

between our communities

i will not marry you

for personality differences

for medical reasons

i will not marry you

i will not marry you

because my visional

say: no

my spiritual father say:

no

i will not marry

because our visions

are different

i will not marry you

yes-i will not marry-

move on to look

for your lover

i will not. i will not. i will not.

US-Saudi Arms Deal

US-Saudi Arms Deal

Give me more guns

to silence infidels,
more fighter jets to
teach Iranians lesson,
new personnel armored
carriers
to dislodge Yemeni Houthis
militias;
more arms-more power-
more influence in
Arabian Peninsula.

Let my fear comes upon

Saudis,
let dictates of Wahhabis,
beliefs of Sunnis continue
to be soul of Islam worldwide;
even if beliefs seem odd to west,
kingdom’s way-of-life,                                  
at variance with
democratic culture
so be it.

Let sharia live,

let Sunna live,
let hadith triumph,
our wealth-may it-
define our foreign policy,
our petro-dollar,
may it be vehicle
to push our ideology
far flung.

Our influence and power
let it catapult
Kingdom’s way of life,
our money,
let it spread Islam beyond
Middle East,
to seas, oceans, tropics and
temperate.

Our religion-our possession-

shall promote,
our desired goal-the caliphate-
let soldiers of Allah accomplish.

Jihad-our sword-

shall carry far and wide,
from fertile crescent of
Tigris and Euphrates
through northern tier,
ancient Asian Minor to
Nile valley, Maghreb and
Sahara,
let it be exclusive home of
Islam,
abodes of ummah.

From Indian subcontinent to

Southeast Asia, and Australasia,
from Pacific to North and South
Americas,
through Panama Canal to
Atlantic Ocean, Africa, and
Europe,
Our Sword Shall Prevail,
Insha’ Allah.

My Daily Prayer

My Daily Prayer

wisdom-please grant me,

to navigate day’s rough
road,
understanding accord me
to deal with different
personalities,
love vouchsafe me to
treat everyone with
love.

knowledge give me

to make impact on
lives daily,
patience-please give me-
to display calmness
in a crazy world,
honesty-i beg for-
virtue, honor, and
truthfulness,
never take away from
me.

humility, submissiveness,

and diffidence,
make my tunic and cloak,
goodness-may i become
to everyone,  
value may i continue to
add to lives.

happiness, joy and peace,
let my heart possess,
that i may share with others,
soothing balm-let my words
be,
lifting fingers-let my hand be,
hope-may my legs carry to
hopeless,                            
my smile-anger, bitterness,
and fear,
let it remove.

my presence-war-may it

remove,
my deliberation-crisis
let it resolve.

benefactor make me,

bearer of goodness make
out of me,
harbinger of progress-i request
from you,
provenance-i seek to become.

this is my petition, oh! God.

Titanic-A Century After

Titanic-

A Century After:

Unsinkable! Unsinkable!

Unsinkable!
belief her builders sold
to mankind,
modern day ark of Noah,
myth her builders created
in homo sapiens.

Titanic-paradise at sea-
luxury in her,
second to none,
wealth and opulence,
it paraded beyond description;
Titanic-the 20^th century-
floating home,
hanging garden of modern times,
reminiscence of ancient Babylonian
wonder.

Titanic a colossus at sea,
mobile home Greek and
Roman gods of oceans-
Poseidon and Neptune
welcomed with reverence
and fanfare;

Monster-oceans even feared-

before it sailed,
Titanic-a three-football-field-
of-a-17-story-edifice,
forerunner and precursor to
modern day cruise ships.

Engineering behind it

was awesome,
technology behind it,
equally amazing,
design intimidating,
construction very phenomenal.

Everything about her was

extraordinary,
her 720-ton reciprocating
steam-powered- engines,
produced 30,000 hp,
turbine-secondary source-
output 16,000 hp,
engines fueled by 29 boilers
from 159 furnaces;
Titanic-a seafaring machine of-
exceptional make.

Titanic paraded uncommon
scientific arts far ahead
its time,
a 20^th miracle from
superior intellect,
her water, ventilation, heating
system provided  by
“a complex network
pipes and valves.”

Electricity generated from
400kw steam-propelled
generator,
more than average cities’,
power generation;
radiotelegraph-it carried-
maintained a 24-hour service,
sending, receiving passenger
telegrams, navigation messages,
and weather reports,
very new in maritime history.

A monster welcomed by
hundred thousand people
when launched,
surged and rolled on
twenty-two tons of soap and
tallow lubricated-passage into
River Logan,
before going into open
sea;
still titanic refused to sail.

No thanks minefield of ice
no thanks to Labrador Current,
yes, no thanks to Gulf Stream;
her several sea trials did not save,
her different speeds, turning
maneuvers,
her less than four minutes
“crash stop,”
engineering wizardry of
her time,
failed her when needed most.

With 193 nautical miles

to Ambrose Light and
then to New York,
on maiden voyage-
Titanic hit a-200-foot-iceberg at
Grand Banks of Newfoundland,
within minutes-five compartments-
became flooded;
unsinkable began to sink.

A-thousand-five-soul lost at
sea,
seven hundred souls survived,
about three-hundred-and-thirty
dead bodies recovered from sea;
Titanic went under,
unsinkable sank.

Cellphone: Addictive Magic

1. Cellphone: Addictive Magic.
2. comes in palm size
   atimes smaller,
   parades all magical arts ...
   props by modern day evil-
   science.
   

   photos without film,
   images in absence of
   darkroom studio,
   multi color pictures,
   motion and still
   you create and
   launch online at ease.
   talking without copperwire,
   you accomplish anywhere
   with radio waves wizardry,
   complex work you perform
   on john underwood buttons,
   music you download and
   listen to by means of digital
   tech.
   world of mankind
   cellphone places in
   your palm,
   neighborhood it creates from
   far flung and nearby societies.
   language of communication and
   methods of communication,
   cellphone changes by day,
   new vocabularies cellphone and
   siblings add to lexicon.
   old lives-it changes in a jiffy-
   culture without borders,
   it hand-delivers to humankind,
   DNA for tomorrow's life,
   it delivers today,
   taste for future's life,
   it serves today.
   but addiction-it has become to
   humanity,
   chronic disease of brain-
   motivation is rewarded when not
   necessary-
   cravings satisfaction,
   receive attention and
   abstinence traits
   it inhibits.
   cellphone the magic
   that bewitches,
   cellphone power that
   enchants,
   hypnotism not far from it,
   mesmerism its immediate
   neighbor;
   welcome cellphone-addictive tool-
   of 21st century.

Adultery

1. 

   
   

   

   Adultery:
2. begins from heart
   with what eye sees, and
   what ear hears,
   passion it creates,
   unquenchable emotion
   it turns on;
   hunger and thirst-
   it creates between lovers.
   

   adultery-forbidden fruit-
   it lays on table,
   poison it presents as
   dessert,
   aroma of death,
   it displays as perfume
   of vanillin or coumarin.
   enjoyment it may seem
   for minutes,
   unquantifying heat
   mating "couple" may
   have for that moment;
   loss may be too much
   to bear,
   trust and fidelity may
   be lost forever.
   relationship for
   decades may be
   destroyed,
   friendship built for years
   may be damaged.
   troubled conscience may
   remain eternal,
   irremediable outcome
   may stay,
   cureless may find abode
   in your courtyard.
   thirty minutes thrusts,
   thirty minutes of amour,
   few minutes of eye, ear, and
   mind's syndicated venture
   may hurt for life,
   may pain for life,
   may sadden for life,
   may depress forever,
3. even may crush forever.

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Lesson From The Grove.

Lessons From the Grove

My spirit turns anew,

thinking rejuvenates,

thought flows like quite

peaceful river,

skills honed.

Lessons about nature,

grove brings out in me-

poetically-

from grove-I learn

language of birds-

chirping and singing;

oh! from this grove

I learn animal symbolism.

Coppice more than wooded

land,

I come to know,

sanctuary for spiritual rebirth,

harbor of  peace, and oasis of

hope.

Cascading waterfall-

beauty-it adds to environment,

powerful lesson on rainfall;

overlooked creature-details

grove teach me;

buzzing bees and hexagonal

wall cells understudy.

Spider web-thoroughly-

examined to understand

power behind internet;

burrowing earthworms-

I follow to learn about

decomposition process.

Soldier ants teach me

organizational structure-

beyond human comprehension,

molehill explains the science of

thermocool engineering.

Green leaves relate

the power in nature,

animals-small or large-

display instincts in them,

and intuitions,

one could never imagine.

Refreshing air clears out

polluted lung,

serenity heals depression

city life creates,

direct sunlight warms body,

balanced ecosystem makes

airconditional unnecessary,

beautiful songs from birds,

make gramophones unwanted.

Power Mongers

Power Mongers!

Beauty of power

they do not know,
glory that resides
in power they want;
duties of power,
they barely understood,
authority and command
with power prime trophy
for contest.

Challenges of power,
they hardly know,
power politics-they love-
levelheaded politics
term detested,
but arrogance and egotism-
define their politics.

Voice of wisdom and
politics of reason,
too complex for them
to understand
catachresis name of their
politics.

One nation under God
daily sermon,
divisive politics to hold power,
chess they play;

unity in diversity-their anthem-
ethnic politics-they play.

Fairness-they love in print-
bias and favoritism-
only language they understand,
equality-talking theme-
disparity and inequality-
guiding philosophy.

In their courtyard-only their own-
knows freedom,
workers in courtyard remain
in chain,
religion-opium to sedate
followers-
tenets and credos-hired
to hypnotize.