Nothing But You – Poem #17 – (2022)

In the shy rays between,Sunny clouds and rainNothing but you,Lingering like cotton perfume in the airInside pillows of dreamsOr days of empty staresFew explosions of desiresOr silent flaresNothing but you,Pretty precious and clear. © Shuhab Abro

Loop of Lies – Poem #16 – (2022)

Glancing at the presentSurveying a future, Predicting a past.As someone, Who blinds to ever lastLying to all, While trying to coordinate. Your another story With a different faceAnother lie With that same tasteIt was too soon And couldn’t go rightHere’s another cold day With over cloudy sky. The tide has turned, Turning its backAnother questionThe

Art

In a room full of art I’d still stare at you.

You’re my home – Poem #15 – (2022)

I told youI can’t bewithout youThat I wouldBe nothingWithout youEverything is blackWithout youLife is nostalgiaCuz’ you’re my homeYou’re my world. © Shuhab Abro

Wherever you may go, you belong to me.

“Don’t worry!” she said, “I’m too selfish, I told you I’d leave.”I was silent, weeping deep inside.She further said; “we always find, what we are looking for.”After she was gone far far away.I said to myself; “I am looking for something too. All the time, everywhere. I don’t know what it is, but it’s something