Empty jar....

Like a broken empty jar

This heart is lost in a battle

That wasn’t known to world

 But hum could be felt from a far.

The doubts are rising

In the ghosts of my past

 Numb or barren

 This broken soul’s at par

Drowning in a sea of sorrow

Lost my way to home

The shore was there, caught my sight

Was only an illusion ... a mirage?

Perhaps we all were strayed

Wayward and mislaid

Some conceal better, stayed sharp

Continued their journey, in the dead dark.

(by Samima shah)

Colour Me Happy

Neither red or blue, nor a shade of hue

Colour me happy with shades very true

No lies no deceit, or tales climbing high

Enough to live and love & some friends passing by

While looking back in life, take this note my dear

Its impurity of matters that I always fear

Fades and lust, though are shiny to bear

But love trumps all, mighty as sterling clear

Winds would be strong and storms be in search

But calm is a place, in the autumns of silver birch

(Samima )

Red Orange Leaves.

Crackling on the way

 These winds never stay

Don’t hide those tears

And fold those tenfold fears

But people always say

Its life that we portray

You think it’s all forever

But neither life nor you were here

We had our greener days

Were happy in breezy sprays

Thought times would never end

On fleek those times spend

Had shades as thick you imagine

That grew with time like passion

But things don’t stay forever

It’s the law of universe, a hidden treasure

Let go is the message we give

Life isn't for living but to outlive.

(SamimaShah)

Paths !

Paths were made

Sealing one’s fate.

Tunes high n low rung

For the songs of love and hate

Regrets will eat me up

Ghosts of past emerging high

Wake me up from this nightmare

 Reality’s also bitter, so I cry

Why I looked for others

Why felt pain of everyone

Lost in those paths; never meant for me

Tangled in the yarn; that others spun

Or is every stone stacking

In its place, is at home

Confusions organized as myriad divisions

Still clinging to faith; my only option.

(Samima )

Star.

Once a star of a long lost galaxy

I now am mortal of few tendencies

My hands are shaky

My gait slow n weak

What point life arrived

Looking back feels weary

 I had once a river of love in me

Ended in sea of grief ... shortly

Wrath and anger consumed me all

 I was my life’s own adversary

Haste made my present invisible

Regrets magnified faults to infinity

Regrets are for the bounded ones

Remorse for the ones in captivity

The freedom of choice, to live as wish

Is your own, not other’s luxury

Then why you limit yourself as a star

When the universe is flowing in artery.

Such vastness of thought

Such awe in imagery

Physical strengths were a bonus

Provided for early mastery

Your ideas made you special

Not hercs or maiden personality

So be your own hero

Create your moons and Sun

Gloominess is not the very option

Hope will rescue all torn n weary

Get up and stand for your own self

Show the world your shiny destiny.

(Samima Shah-Faheem)

In a mood.

My morning was shining

My day went right

It’s better to live on

Without usual regret bites.

I am in a mood for love & laughter

No more worries I now can bear

When Life is to live, our only option

Why not with cheers, some tagged tears

I have seen many bragging blessed starts

While other whining about storm hitting hard

Little by little, things move, time passes

Embrace uncertainty as life’s reward

It will end soon while we wonder

Was it worth it, was that right

The shadows will stay murky till their very end

But clarity will tear darkness like the beacons of light.

(Samima Shah-Faheem)

Skewed Society!!

When tried to word out truth

Was asked to mute my tongue, as truth was rude,

Tried to vent anger

No ear to heed, my means were crude?

You truths are poisonous, try being a prude

Why people’s judgements distorting, why opinions skewed.

They boast people as their mentors

Who were taboos in their times

Mocked by men, insulted by society

A rocky road they travelled,

No silk path they ever viewed

Why people’s judgements distorting, why opinions skewed.

Let such bigoted trolls play their ugly flute

Their stories outdated & obsolete

Their whining now can’t delude

Cursing the opposition is their habit

Abusing new ideas, their food

Why people’s judgements distorting, why opinions skewed.

(Samima Shah-Faheem)

True Colours!!

There’s a blessing in seclusion

There’s a gift hidden in separation

People aren't the one they seem

Masquerading a self of pure animation

Be true to them with all soul

Pour your heart out in full galore

Open their layers, all attempts will be sore

Are lying through teeth, deception encore

From such treacherous company

From such a traitorous crew

Better be a lone salt, in a sea

Away from all who are tricky and untrue.

(Samima Shah-Faheem)

Think!!

Stop watering those silly weeds

When your flowers bloom so smart

You are original as this universe

Not a sly boot or some petty upstart

There’s a world inside you

A sea of wisdom, a very kind heart

The evils of world though very distracting

Are they worthy enough in life to bart?

But many silly beings, so consumed in its sheen

Trade their aces to world’s trivial cards

Some are successful, some report a canard

Never hoax a living that was destined to star

Help humanity in suffering

Break reluctance, holding you chained or jarred

A life spent, helping one single soul

 Will bring more peace, and a worthy regard.

(Samima Shah-Faheem)

A black heart!!

Words sugar sweet, allude intimacy from start

Personas angelic and a divine facade

Found people with thousand faces

And all have the same black heart.

Lectures filled with moralising

 Beliefs high, reflecting priestly art

Infernal in deeds with malignancy impart

And all have the same black heart

What’s the use of false shrouding?

Is life a masquerade of deceptive art?

Purpose lost and essence very flawed;

For those having the same black heart.

(Samima Shah-Faheem)

Forgive!!

It’s time to forget and move on

 Feel good to find seclusion in peace zone

Much been lost to hatred, enough of plucking

One can’t stay clean when the mud is thrown.

Constant struggle of thoughts, and clash of minds

Renders nothing fertile, no seed can be sown.

Drive away from such roads that hold you back,

As highway to harmony is through forgiveness and condone.

Mislaid by ill-will & consumed by hostility

How to find peace, when the motive lacks civility

So grant yourself some freedom

And absolve the hatred unknown

Drive away from such roads that hold you back,

As highway to harmony is through forgiveness and condone.

In the end was left some crazy beautiful love

Search in the forest of life, for this pretty dove

Nothing is significant more, everything’s trivial

Profound passion is supreme, its reach not tough

 Drive away from such roads that hold you back,

As highway to harmony is through forgiveness and condone.

 (Samima Shah-Faheem)

to the Inconsequential!!

Certain silly minds, sometimes circle around me

Have hatred in heaps,& gossip shabbily

Their rudeness much salient, back-bite patently

Everything stemming out as a green envy tree.

To all such haters, to all these loathers

You can do better, & you can’t disagree

Why keeping your mind so full of me?

Don’t you feel yourself, my hate’s abductee?

About such poor souls, what I can foresee

I shall be dwelling in their minds, all fare-free.

(Samima Shah-Faheem)

Love!!

An emotion that takes thousands of forms

One time loads of cheers at others raging storms

Filled with tears of joy, lacking stability of norms

It’s a lifeline for us all, leave age or time alone

It reaches mountains in a leap, while touching sky from Rome

Some wander wild in search, other contented to roam

Some say you reach heaven, other‘s destiny was home.

Life itself searched the meaning, impossible was an epitome

It crushed few integrals to pieces

 Brought oneness where order wasn't known

Kings and peasants stand alike in its reign

Who conquers its mystery, will rest this throne.

(Samima Shah-Faheem)

Pleasures in Life!!!

There are certain pleasures in  life

Glamorous n charming, enough to excite

Taste so finest, devouring’s a single bite

And fragrance so lovely, brings wonders in  sight.

Indulgence sure dire,

No second thoughts even slight

It’s a game well played, and fair from both sides

Yet no one's a winner, earned was mere plight.

Why their beginnings so delectable

Why their ends are overnight

An ode to desire is too hard to rewrite

Where ups and downs both burned by spotlight.

(Samima Shah-Faheem)

Pretty souls!!

( This poem is dedicated to my sister Hijab and my friends.)

You 'r working in perplexing circles of time

Days past by and now  night’s in decline

While looking after your loved ones

Nothings clandestine

I want you all to know,

You are beautiful, more than words can define.

Worn out by people’s slandering

 Weary in hatred twirled vine

Standing erect and heading to your path

One needs an iron spine

I want you all to know,

You are beautiful, more than words can define.

We have things in common, though paths very different

Our goals though vague, certain things bade align

It will get better, this too shall pass

Things  meant to happen in nature’s design

I want you all to know,

You  are beautiful, more than words can define.

(Samima Shah-Faheem)

Whimsy!!

I want my happiness to relish

 In the limitless sky with spree

Enjoying all life of abundance

Without hates, regrets and self piety.

No broken heart aches or bitterness

No despair or hostility

What a world would it be for me?

Of contentment, joy n glee.

I hope for a painless day

With no grief of past misery

But that’s like a wish, very futile

Wanting ripest fruits from a rootless tree.
(Samima Shah-Faheem)

Trusting the Process!!!

Running for success through days n nights

We hide from dark, in search light.

What’s the use of one when the other’s never faced

How to bless peace when wars never aced.

If the life was a smooth, silky little road

With no bumps or humps, without any load

Wonder will you learn a journey any worth

Better is a toad’s life in bounded earth.

It’s the setback that teaches patience

And the problems ask not to hasten

Though an unknown way, but still on the move

Will discover my pass, will learn my groove.

(Samima Shah-Faheem)

Purple Rain!

The rain was pouring in galore

Made me think of you even more

Though memories have faded long ago

Some past boats left on my hearty shore.

The bells of cheer, coloured my days

Lull of nights solaced, I was sure

This swing in dark n light is torturing

 Bore a burden, always abhorred.

Life continued testing limits once set

Surrounded by wolfs, crows, wild bores

To bear such creeps, was one big task

Building walls sky high, keeping open all doors.

(Samima Shah-Fahim)

Life in Clichés!

Though we all want our lives

Spiced with thrill of strays

But can’t ignore its essence

Play consistency in dullness n frays.

Never settle for less

Having more isn't enough, they say

Happiness, grief a share

When going gets tough, give a little sway.

We want love like all

 Follow same pattern of nights n days

Sometimes peace is being a sand dune

 Life can be lived at times in clichés.

(Samima)

A Wish!!!!!!!!

Some parts of life, still fragile n tender

No matter how much I care

The path is getting slender.

Point of life was to live to a full

And letting others to live; but

I am playing trumpet for some cows’ n bulls.

Say modesty a joke, mere weakness

Money is thy standard, show offing a rule

And vanity with pride is only uniqueness.

I wish some sense of gold, shining ever so bright

Its sparkle I want, in some silvers & white

Give all these conceited blinds some light. 

(Samima)