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Heedless Mankind



                   "The Mankind”
                   A stubborn character
                   Personifies in
                   "The Theatre of Absurd”

                   Heedless in his deeds
                   Celebrates success
                   While the centrifugal influences
                   Put forth superficial wins
                   Over centripetal tendencies

                   Alas! Why such oblivious
                   "The Mankind" is
                   Doesn't reach the highest meaning

                   How unchangeable
                   Spiritual faculties obey
                   The Supreme
                   Whether in conscious or
                   Unconscious terms!





                   Courtyard


                   Crestfallen gloom
                   Since light-years
                   In the heart of mine

                   Faded as if, there appeared
                   Ever a trace slight
                   The darkened canal
                   Illuminated as ascending nights
                   Thy indefinite love showered
                   Soul filling shades bright

                   Alas! How far the stars climb
                   They ought to sleep afore eyes
                   Breaking the canopy by
                   Taken strange hues

                   Glooming heart falls afresh
                   Merely, a barren land.


                   @ Naheed Akhtar
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