WHAT IF...

What if

I could be blessed

With life

I get

To live

With my Life

I am far away yet so close

To the one I love

I have nothing to exhibit

No emotions to publicly depict

But that person for me

Is all I ever wanted

In a partner for life

Whom I want to be my wife

So that in matrimony

We both exterminate our Selves

In each other...

[ZAAL HIJAZI]

Dated: August 26, 2009

A Phase in Life - I

Never more darkness can increase my gloom

But yet my heart is wild in bloom

Excruciating senses, rejuvenating passions

Simplicity galore, no unnecessary fashions

I find content, alone with myself

Though my Self is lost, in all those I love

I have found a soul, that's willing to love

And another soul too, for which I'm not willing

Maybe I'm right, or maybe I'm wrong

The confusion has increased, for time long

In the outset I smile, and laugh all I can

While inside is a huge void, and I'm falling within further

Never more darkness can increase my gloom,

But yet my heart is wild in bloom!

[ZAAL HIJAZI]

Dated: August 24, 2009

TWILIGHT II

Venus tonight is quite a distance

From the beaming Moon

They both have argued maybe

Over resplendent romance

Who's more romantic?

Huh, pity them both

One rock, one fire

They think it's either one of them I love

Nay,

I love The Lord

Who created them both

By His Majesty and Will

He is The All Potent

Created wonders to explore...

Only few understand

And a handful appreciate

These gifts of the night

At twilight,

And oft before and after,

The clouds cover them from sight

Leaving an emptiness inside me

Of not having observed them till my soul's content

When the Moon gets veiled by the symbolic clouds

Venus, she winks from behind.

The black shine

And when Venus is hidden

The Moon, he shines

With boastful show of pride

And when both are covered

I shut my eyes to sleep

And catch a better glimpse

Of magical nights

In my dreams...

[ZAAL HIJAZ]

Dated: August 11, 2009

TWILIGHT I

At night

I gaze at Venus

Sparkling amidst the stars

Like an innocent giggling child

The Moon observes

And comes close

It starts to shine brighter than before

Still gazing,

I get lost in dreams

My visions pour out of my eyes

As I calmly weep

For the things I never could keep

As as every tear comes out

It leaves another tear

And another, and another...

Who am I?

Does my morbid Self hold any importance?

What worth does my composition of mud and clay have?

My cool spirit inside

Roams amidst the filth within

How do I escape?

When still yet, I cannot die?

And I shut my eyes,

And open them again

Venus is lost behind the clouds

The Moon is nowhere to be seen

It has gone to a new phase

And left me alone,

All wondering again...

[ZAAL HIJAZI]

Dated: August 8, 2009