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I know a girl- a poem by Dr Javed Alam

27/3/2022

 
I know a girl 

I know  a girl
with arched eyebrows, 
deep eyes, an anklet,
smooth hair 

that falls on her shoulders. 

She counts her every step, 
every calorie, 
every inch, to refine
her valleys, 
her waist.

She can't find the magic
in lush green meadows, 
in swirling snowflakes, 
on the face of a lake. 

One day lost in her thoughts,
a clan of butterflies 
whispered in her ears:
be careful with the tricks of mind,
maybe you are a violin, in search 
of right fingers, 
waiting to create a perfect symphony.

Then a solitary butterfly whispered to her soul:
be careful with the crowd.
Maybe you are a solitary rose
that needs delicate pruning, 
daily watering with fresh dew. 

Then another one whispered 
to her longing heart:
be careful with the snares, 
maybe you are a bird
waiting for a flight.

Here I tell a fleeting breeze:
say hello to her
when she is looking into a mirror, 
kiss her eyes,
bring back a waft 
of her inner scent.

Here I close my eyes:
I find us in a seafront 
cafe, on a peninsula, 
whispering our dreams

to a lustrous moon. 

@drjal02

O dreams- a poem by Dr Javed Alam

14/3/2022

 
​O dreams 

O dreams, you give wings
to our lives.
You encourage slaves, born 
in the cradle of misery, to aspire 
freedom from their masters.
Your fire emboldens a nation 
to rise against the tyranny.


O dreams, you sweeten the pain 
of a pauper. Riding the chariot 
of hope, he carries the dreams 
of possessing the riches.
Your saccharine consolations
help a prisoner to fight
the pangs of loneliness.

O dreams, seeds buried under the blanket
of snow, in your warm company, 
sprout during the spring.
You squeeze out the sap
of stagnation
from our hearts, from our minds.
You inspire us to know the secrets 
hidden in the heavens.
 
O dreams, in your pleasing company, 

we navigate around the boulders
of daily difficulties, carrying
the earthly, and the celestial dreams, 

in our hearts.
 
I say: hold fast to your dreams,
for they manure the roots
of hope, for they illuminate
the precincts of our hearts,
for they sustain us
between the alp of life 
and the precipice of death.

(Gushing Fountain- A Collection of Poems)


@drjal02

Once again- a poem by Dr Javed Alam

11/3/2022

 
Once again

Just when I thought I had doused my fires, 
I saw an amorous spring changing things again;

Just when I saw snowdrops, hellebore, 
Dancing tulips, and the sunshine, 

I saw my dreams murmuring again; 
Just when I saw the fluttering 

Butterflies, and the singing birds, 
I saw an old flame flickering again.

Once again, caught in the talons 
Of leman, my heart is carried helplessly 

Over a new terrain.
Once again, my days are filled 

With the ecstasy, and strain.

@drjal02
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