Poetry

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Table of Contents

acknowledgements
I. Symbolism in color: From Black to white
II. Symbolism in color: Superstition
III. Fashion
IV. Love
V. Light
VI. Garden
VII. Moments
VIII. Conundrum
IX. Utopia
X. Way
XI. Opposites and contrasts
XII. Steadfast pursuer
XIII. Key
XIV. Waiting
XV. Smoke
XVI. Search
XVII. Perceptions








Acknowledgements

I owe special thanks for encouragement and support to: Arif Dryud, Anne Grethe Bjerga Hanks, Azeem Iqbal, David Schatz, Edward Younkins, Geoffrey Klempner, HIRAO Tetsuya (Terry), Iftikhar Ahmad, Imran Ashraf, Jennifer Newman, Jenny Sean, , Ken Schooland, Kerry Pearson, Luke Setzer, Malik Walyat Hussain Awan, Mark Crowne, Mark Lewis, Mike Rael, Mohammad Khan Ranjha, Mushtaq Baloch, Monica Ortiz, Rene Francois, Sesile Kalsvik, Siddique Khan, Sommerset Jane, Tariq Ismail, Tatiana Saburenkova, Toni M.R, Uzma Taimur, Vince Miller and Waseem Ali.


I. Symbolism in color: From Black to white


Black represents the gloom, absorbs all that is life & positive, in turn reflects nothing but negative aura
The balanced, positive and life is in rainbow.... Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet, White
Red reflects power & will, too much of it is belligerency, too little of it is meekness
Orange reflects desire & creativity, too much of it is hedonism, too little of it is stolidity
Yellow reflects the sharpness of senses & consciousness, too much of it is egotism, too little of it is self negation
Green reflects love & compassion, too much of it is possessiveness, too little of it is depression
Blue reflects truthfulness & practicality, too much of it is arrogance, too little of it is timidity
Violet reflects objectivity & charisma, too much of it is deceptiveness, too little of it is indocility
White reflects the divinity, too much of it is perfectionism, too little of it is contravention
But the white that emerges out of the other colors is the color of peace and radiating with positive aura.
Come to white from black through balanced colors of rainbow.


II. Symbolism in color: Superstition


All colors are colors of life
The erring soul looks at things with yellowish eye
Yellow to some it is death and to others its consciousness
The pink, the magenta, the brown, the silver, the gray, the black, the gold
are mere colors and element of beauty in them
Every color is bonnie in its proper place and proportion
The subject chooses a particular color for one's own end
Distinct the literal and the figurative
For it is not the matter but rendition that gives meaning
So don't be mislead by the superstition
All colors are colors of life.




III. Fashion

The fashion of passion is aeonian
This spirit is its actuation
Sapience is the channelizing proportion
Love & wisdom are the basic substance
Better be out of world than be out of fashion.




IV. Love


There are chemicals, diverse, moving, eccentric elements
Intertwining in the cosmos...
The element of love, the beauty, the creation, the evolution
So thrilling, so unfathomable, yet so soothing... is this any thin else than love.



V. Light

Every thing in the world is enshrouded in mystery
The dark invisible veil, the greater is its duality,
Despite so much brightness of sun, moon, stars and electric generated
These lights are only for the body.
The light that soul needs
Its switch is in pure heart
Covered by blackness of ego shell
Polish, clean through sincere supplications,
Perseverance and righteous action
And one finds the soothing Light,
The Light of God.



VI. Garden

In the garden of the world
Its path is skirted with pebbles and thorns
The weak ignorant traveler dwindles
Sometimes towards pebbles
And sometimes towards thorns
Wise are those who cogitate before and after every leap
Through patience and truth one successfully reaches destination.




VII. Moments

Moments are life
There is no sorrow or joy
Everything is momentary
Moments pass silently
When one is betrayed one feels pain
When one is appreciated one feels joy
But nothing remains
But life keeps on going.


VIII. Conundrum

Singular cause is the only reality
Multiple assertions chosen is the delusion
Destination is same
Then what's the conundrum?
If you have understood then adhere
Take care of yourself and leave everything to its own destiny.

----June 10, 2007

IX. Utopia


To wish for a trouble free life is a utopia
Whether you are living in America or Ethiopia
That wishing for a trouble free life is a trouble
Accepting this reality makes life's activities clear and a source for euphoria

----June 10, 2007



X. Way


The way of truth is simple and straight
The distortions and intrusions tempts for the crooked way
For evil is pleasing to id and has myopic joys
And evil many a times gain short-term success
But actor neglects the future consequences
For evil is destined to fail
The joys of following truth has its own satisfaction
It’s true good also suffers, still if view in totality it's suffering is much less
And also failure in good also brings some other good secretly and silently
But it's fruits are certain and of immense pleasure
For truth is destined to succeed.

----June 10, 2007

XI. Opposites and contrasts


Opposites and contrasts form the universe
The process for some end and beginning for other
So wonderful and so beautiful
This opposites and contrasts are in human mind too
It’s humorous and a general occurrence, to make a lopsided opinion.


----June 11, 2007

XII. Steadfast pursuer

World is a place of diverse things
An individual is too tiny to grasp all its aspects
Particularly for the hasty, mercurial youth
And the unscrupulous
To the steadfast pursuer it unfold its mysteries

----June 12, 2007




XIII. Key

Fear of getting hurt is an impediment
No player can achieve excellence without being hurt
Sticking to the rules of game even in adverse circumstances
And learning the tricks of the trade is the key
For wounds construct the way for greater achievements.


----June 12, 2007

XIV. Waiting

Ah! There is so much suspicion
Over it -- the lack of any activity
Perplexed state of mind
A strange kind of ennui
World despite its vastness looks so small

Aware of the shell
Want to get out of it
Still the available activities makes more depressive
Nonetheless there is still something unknown
Which is keeping the momentum

Waiting and waiting and waiting
Making some moves though
For nothing remains constant
To overcome fears through hope
The way out would be there one day.

----June 13, 2007


XV. Smoke


With the burn there is smoke
The whirling fire in the heart
Keeps the spirit warm in the lackadaisical purlieu.

----June 13, 2007




XVI. Search


Reflections and refractions from the light,
Light of the universe,
Then why is darkness?
For veiling behind the substances from which light could not pass
There is darkness
Staggering between light and darkness


Spirit is in search of light
Yet the id is the substance from which light could not pass
Staggering between id and super ego
Through humility and the truth
Can only this light be found.


----June 14, 2007



XVII. Perceptions



In a world of deceptions
And full of confusions
With all its sophism
A soul is lost in perceptions

Reality can be different
It’s not wise to make absolute perceptions

Wait and see
To a noble heart
Reality becomes evident.

---- June 21, 2007




XVIII. Thought & Action



With every moment there is some hope and some fear
It is the idle who intensely undergoes this experience
For indulged in thoughts nothing comes out
But without thoughts nothing come out too
Balance between idleness and activity
It is what makes an ideal combination...


---- June 22, 2007



XIX. Needs and Desires


Desires and needs are the base
That everybody has to face
What use in blindly following the race
Need to stop and meditate
Life always fluctuate
But for everything there is date
This everyone has to re-narrate

Keep the needs and desires separate
For pursuit of desires degrade
And shunning of needs break

---- June 23, 2007




XX. An Individual is a universe


What a wonderful creature, is man?
So complex like life
In intake & intercourse like animals
In fight like a beast
In motion like a solar system
In energy like a sun
In brilliance like a star
In genealogy like a tree
In depth like a sea
In spirit like divine
With arteries and veins like canals and river

Comprising all the minerals and gases
An individual is a universe
And in social interactions forms a multiverse

In silence like a full moon
In speech sometimes like a thunder
Sometimes like a breeze
Song of nightingale
What a wonderful creature, is man?
---- June 24, 2007



XXI. Knowledge and Marriage

With knowledge is pride
With marriage is bride
It’s a journey with a tough ride
Many a times one gets fried
An awful experience that makes one cried
One looks for someplace to hide
Through humility and understanding joys arrived

Neither pride nor bride
Nothing remains when one is died


---- June 26, 2007


XXII. Action & Thought



Action and movement are the perpetual realities
From breath & circulation of blood to emotions of love & hate
Former are pre-designed during the creation process
While emotions are the actions of individuals, yet influenced by supernatural forces
For behind every action there is some thought


---- June 30, 2007



XXIII. Usurper

Worshipper of self
A usurper, an elf
Always eschewing truth
For his love of self

---- July 12, 2007

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