ARROGANT BELLIGERENCE.......(a poem)

The infinity of ignorance
That lay before my naked eyes
Used to induce fear, angst and fever
My feeble mind many a times did shiver

Seemed I was longing to be afraid
Searching for reasons, to be doomed
Exchanging freedom for slavery
What a disgusting irony !

Here now I declare not my independence
But mine arrogant belligerence
The peddlers of nostrums of neurosis
Will no longer roam around in license.

mashoodkk

DOUBT, THOUGHT AND ACTION (a poem)

In the bosom of doubt
Lies the temptation for thought

Elegant indulgence in thought
Leads to the calm heaven of belief

And beliefs generates habits of action

But never are we satisfied
The cycle of doubt, thought and belief goes on.

The sensuality of the intellectual
Keep ablaze the lamp of creativity.

mashoodkk

REGAINING THE LOST PARADISE (a poem)

Let us not hate it all

Let us not hate mistakes
Let us not hate darkness
Let us not hate doubts
Let us not hate failures......

Let us transform it all

Let the abhorrence quiver the arrow of longing
Let that arrow trigger us into high flying

In that flight let us sublimate
Then alone will everything be bright

Hatred of darkness is trite
Unless germinates the seeds of light

As per religion we are fallen angels
As per reason we are risen apes

We differ in the conception of origins
Never in the direction of destination

Let us nurture the infant of humanity
Let her glory transcend eternity

mashoodkk

DESERT LAND OF REALITY (a poem)

Impatience was conceived
And human being was born

Distrust, doubt and bloodshed....
Impatience frequently reborn

This ain't any fairy land
But the desert land of reality.

mashoodkk

MY HEART...........(a poem)

My heart.......
Like a piece of glass....
Fell down...got broke and shattered........

I tried stitching it back.....
Like a stubborn kid it always refused...

Now no more hope is left

My heart is bleeding....
My life, the only companion left,
Sits beside weeping.

mashoodkk

IN THE INNER WORLD

How am I to extinguish this fire
Where am I to find a solace

I wandered from street to street
Was rejected everywhere and abhorred

The sharp edge of humiliation
Blinded me to the outer world

Masquerades and manipulations
Forced me inward, into meditation

Mine inner eyes started opening
Akin to that of a blossoming infant

Thus I saw a new world, in it a new life
It was different in that it got meaning

Sincerity and toil never orphans
The best of companions and virtues

Now in the seven storied building of art
I too will light a candle.

mashoodkk