Rings of Smoke

Ae Ishq Humein Barbaad Na Kar

this morning

All the things
I hoped would go away this morning.
The stuff I live with every day. What
I’ve trampled on in order to stay alive.
But for a minute or two I did forget
myself and everything else. I know I did.
For when I turned back i didn’t know
where I was. Until some birds rose up
from the gnarled trees. [...]

sheema kalbasi

recently discovered the poetry of sheema kalbasi. trying to find out as many poems as i can now. she writes beautiful poetry. check one out here:
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/sheema_kalbasi/poems/23565
extract:
Time is eternity, my dignity
resides in yours and your
words are wonders that I count
as precious coins kept quietly
in the pockets of my tears

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