A PERFECT ECOSYSTEM

A Perfect Ecosystem

By Rizwan Ahmed Memon

You hide me in your arms

When it is cold.

Your long chats

Make winter’s nights short.

Your tender touch

Nourishes my dried skin.

With my kiss your moles on your face

Have become bright like stars.

Slumberous wind shakes

Your hair as branches sway.

The winter, you, and I

Have made a perfect ecosystem.

HE WAS NOT WHAT HE IS

He Was Not What He Is

by Rizwan Ahmed Memon

Some are cheated by friends,

Some are cheated by strangers,

He was cheated by his loved-ones.

Some are born silent,

Some choose to be silent,

He was forced to be silent.

Some are taught to be tolerant,

Some become tolerant,

He was made tolerant by time.

Some are taught to be immoral,

Some choose to be immoral,

He was forced to be immoral.

The injustices of the world

Made him what he is,

Otherwise he was not what he is.

Let Me Survive

Let Me Survive
by Rizwan Ahmed Memon 

(This poem is for those people who have suffered or are suffering from wars in their countries.)

Bring me peace
So I can live a little more;
Bring me flowers
So I can feel life’s colors. 

Destroy me no more
I want to live more;
Let me live
Let me survive.

Oh, people pray for me
That God may give me patience;
My loved ones are killed
I am made orphan.

Oh, humankind have mercy
Fear from God;
And think we are humans like you
Let’s not destroy one another.

WAITING FOR YOU

Waiting for You

by Rizwan Ahmed Memon

Today, I am waiting on the bank again

In the hope that you will come.

The waves are raising high

They are indicating that you are coming today.

Oh, I can see a boat

Which seems so little from far.

My heart-beat is getting faster
As I am waiting for you on the bank.

HER HAIR, HER FACE, HER MOLES

Her Hair, Her Face, Her Moles

by Rizwan Ahmed Memon

Last night

As she came

On the roof,

Stars became dim;

The moon lost

Its all brightness.

When she opened

Her long braids,

Clouds started moving.

The time

She went back

The stars recovered;

The moon shined

And clouds gathered.

One day,

I asked them

Why was that?

The stars said,

The moles on her cheeks

Are brighter than us.

The moon replied,

Her face shines more than me.

And the clouds concluded,

Her hair is darker than us.

LIKE BREATH IN MY BODY

Like Breath in My Body 

by Rizwan Ahmed Memon

You are like flowers in spring --

You are like waves in the river --

You are like moon at night --

You are like sun in the day.

You are like shadow of a dense tree --

You are like an oasis in the desert --

You are like a bird in the nest --

You are like a fish in the pond.

You are like a butterfly on a rose --

You are like leaves on a tree --

You are like fragrance in a rose --

You are like Rambo in the rain;

You are like breath in my body.

SHALL I WRITE ABOUT YOU?

Shall I Write About You? 

by Rizwan Ahmed Memon

Shall I write

About you?

Or the king

The kingdom

The rules?

You are more worth writing

Than the king, the kingdom.

Your beauty, your manners

Are far more pure

Than the laws, the rules.

Let me write about you and explain

What you are to me.

You are my world,

The laws, the rules,

The king, the kingdom.