Social Damnation

Even though she feeds me
The bread of bitterness,

And she sinks into my throat
Her tigress’ teeth,

Stealing my breath of life
Leaving me breathless I must confess,

I love this cultural hell
That tests my youth.

Her vigor flows
Like tides into my blood,

Giving me strength
Erecting against her hate,

Her bitterness sweeps me
Away like a flood.

Yet, I stand within her walls
With not a shred of terror,

Distantly I gaze
Into the days ahead,

And see her might
And wonders there,

Beneath the touch of Time’s
Unerring hand,

Like priceless treasures
Sinking in the sand.

To my Friends

I am sitting serene
At the edge of my life.
Watching the people go,
Unfaithful, untrustworthy
Who had sold me out.

Only the good people
And the true ones are left.
I suppose, and hope so,
I no longer see
The face of my mistakes.

© Shuhab Abro

Hallucinations, Nightmares, It’s time to wake up!

Indeed, you need to let it be known
She left you, and it’s the reality
Stop hallucinating, she was rarely yours,
And she is not coming back.

She was never an honest person
She never even needed you around
Neither she preferred you, nor she will.
Stop being too good for the betrayers!

If her feeling were true
She would have expressed words to heal
Not to give you wounds over and over
Stop hanging for her she deserves more

Your love, you care, your sentiments,
Your life, your goals,  your everything,
It implied made no deference to her
Trust me, you will heal, you will shine.

World will be taking a gander at you
When you will be knocking the heaven’s door
She was never worth it
She was just a nightmare, it’s time to wake up.

© Shuhab Abro

UnWanted Conversation

Learn to write safe words, my love.
You never know,
Who is going through what!
Never utter coward language
It shatters into millions someone’s heart.
When written or spoken
Over and over again
Someone collapse
Until he cannot escape from himself
Then misery is enough to cover horizons
Tears are enough to water the deserts
Death is enough to be at peace.

© Shuhab Abro

Your New Favorite Book!

“When I stare at the sky, I see you. When I stare out into the ocean, I see you. When I’m looking at the moon, I see you. Oh GOD! Would you move aside, you’re constantly getting in my way.” Hussein Nishah

It seems
You found your new favorite book
[In him] One that keeps you alive
And awake at night
Turning his pages
Forward and previous.
Fingers lingering on him
So you don’t lose your place.
It seems
You found my replacement
The one that makes you feel good
And fresh after work
Who handles your mood swings
Better than I [Shuhab] ever could
Stay alive stay faithful
Happy reading your new favorite book.
God bless you both.

© Shuhab Abro