The True Fort

Let's Make a World

EXPERIENCING, LIVING, AND LEARNING

Experiencing, Living, and learning

by Rizwan Ahmed Memon

High spirits

Make you do anything.

Pure thoughts

Give you fine feelings.

High hopes

Breathe soul in your body.

Clear goals

Provide you a compass.

Good books

Bring you guidance 

Good teachers

Educate you.

Good health

Is your true wealth.

Good friends

Bring more life in your life.

Old mistakes

Make you cautious in your present.

Past regrets

Waste your time.

Just move ahead

Experiencing,

Living,

And learning.

As the Night Falls

Your Old Memories

Your Old Memories 

by Rizwan Ahmed Memon

Today I went to that old Neem tree

To refresh some past memories,

To seek some forgiveness,

To get some flashbacks of you,

To feel the love that we had shared.

The wind was blowing,

The branches were swaying,

The waves were rising in the pond,

Your voice started to echo in my ears,

I could clearly picture you leaning against the tree.

Till today everything is as it was,

But you have gone.

Your laughs have gone.

Your absence has made me realize

What pain is, what loneliness is.

When I climbed the tree as we often did,

I watched that old cemetery.

And wondered if it was a dream having you in my life.

If that was a dream, I wished I would have never been woken up.

PRECIOUS PEACE LIKE PEARLS

Precious peace like pearls
by Rizwan Ahmed Memon

I have a peaceful world;

Because I have simplicity and silence.

I have a peaceful world;

Because I have fewer friends.

I depend on no one but myself;

This way I save myself from hurt.

I have a peaceful world;

Because I have fewer wishes, hopes and plans.

Loneliness keeps me away

From the turmoil of other people.

I have a peaceful world;

Because I have peaceful friends, like nature herself.

Countryside colors fill my life;

I am away from the noise of the city.

I have a peaceful world;

Because birds sing songs here.

The quiet of the night provides nice slumber;

In the day, I write poetry under the shadows of the trees.

I have a peaceful world;

Because I have fewer possessions.

I hope my grave and never-ending world

Will be peaceful, too.

I make something for the Hereafter;

Because this peaceful world is temporary.

Waiting for You

Written Words

I am in Love with You

You are Safe

Away So Away

You are….

You are….

by Rizwan Ahmed Memon

You are a dense shadow of a Neem tree

On a hot summer day.

You are a rain of blessing

On my heart’s desert Thar.

You are waves of life

On the bank of my soul’s Indus.

You are a bandage of healing

On the wounds of my body.

You are a compass

On the voyage of my life.

Please Do Tell Her

Please Do Tell Her

by Rizwan Ahmed Memon

Please do tell her

That the summer has come back,

The river has started flowing,

The boats, the birds have come back,

And that I have been looking forward to her arrival.

Please do tell her

That the rains have come back,

The wind has started bellowing,

The flowers have bloomed,

And that I have been thinking about her.

Please do tell her

That the winter has passed,

The harvest is over,

The farmers are gone,

And that I have been waiting for her.

Please do tell her

That the vegetables in the fields are ripe,

The shadows of trees are dense,

The summer holidays are on,

And that I have been looking forward to her arrival.

And please ask my city girl

When she will return

To the village, to the river, to the fields, to me.

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