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Dissolving Dawns (Journey from 1947)

12 جولائی, 2012
Picture of Qurat-ul-ain Haider Zaidi

Qurat-ul-ain Haider Zaidi

We all started this

A journey that begins

For dawn

A hope that was going to be born

Having captains with us

To help us in crux

We had cattle and flocks

In a bloody storm

Hair filled with dust

And

And a heart nearly to burst

But still

All of us were

Aiming for the horizon

With briskly flesh

And thoughts in mesh

then suddenly

Those trusting captains and leaders

Changed their direction

Only thing left

was oblivion

Breathing with utmost desire became

Painful

Ache became fateful

We tried to move faster

But feet were numbed!

Amid the throttling

Dead bodies

Each careless footstep

Spatter the blood on

Our rep

With the wheeze that became choking

And the whisper

Now revolting

And then

Captains evaded from our gaze

Leaving us in a mist of daze

We had no specs

And sans strength

then

The night arrived

And planned to rule us

Famished, voided and denuded

We were such ill-fated.

Now darkness became deep and stretched

So much that we forgot our features

and the

Sounds that was once heard

But

Suddenly

The shout of a bleeding

In the pool of dying men

Startled everyone

His obscure words

Informed us

that his

Shriek of joy

Witnessed something

In the sky

Darkness died

And sun recognized!

ہمارے لیے لکھیں۔