I wrote this in September 2015, after watching Dastaan. That drama serial was a HUGE emotional trigger for me. It broke my heart in a way that has still not been fixed.
I edited its two lines only recently so that’s why uploaded it now. What broke me is that even my close relatives and friends were doubting that I wrote it 100%, which I DID (with Allah’s help)!!!
My inspiration for it was Dastaan + Naseem Hijazi novels + poetry of Sir Iqbal
I hope you understand the message of this poem, and will implement it in your life as well.
Pakistan Zindabad ❤
The valley of dreams and hope
Of wild grass and free air
Now it holds bloodied tears
Yet strangely, not despair
For it is the valley of hope and dreams
And forever, it will remain so
They can pull off our eyes, not our sight
Our spirits will only grow
Thousands have been martyred before
Before I was even born
Thousands martyred before my eyes
While the world only yawns
Dawn comes everyday
To the common and ordinary folk
But to me, every blood shed
Is a new twilight stroke
Every sacrifice is a new reminder
Every blood-shed a new nudge
That we will remain ever determined
That our spirits will not budge
Our lives are not numbers
Our souls not merely figures
To be counted and forgotten
They’re something WAY bigger
Our souls are to be lived forever
Our spirits never to die
Our young and old protect our future
No matter how bad “they” try
They can shoot all they can
They cannot shoot away our dreams
Every drop of us is an ocean
We’re an unstoppable stream
Our freedom lies within us
Our souls were never caged
Our bodies will also soon be free
Of their tyrannical rage!!
نَصْرٌ مِّن اللَّهِ وَفَتْحٌ قَرِيبٌ
Monday, 8 August 2016
They surround me up as they taunt me
They suffocate me down as they haunt me
They eat me alive, burn me down
In a sea of shame, they make me drown
Everywhere I see them, everywhere that I go
Of my own self, they make me a foe
I hate them, I loathe them, resent them to
Still they take control over me, now what to do?
I have tried running, but that doesn’t help
I have tried hiding, yet I still engross myself
God, dear God, please give me the strength
Increase between me, my sins, the space, the length
Forgive me for what, I did not mean to seek
Forgive me for I am, a soul very weak
Soften up my heart, salten up my eyes
Make me weep tears, that tear up the skies
O God, dear God, please forgive me
From the shackles of sins, make myself free
May, 2014
WILD INNOCENCE 