Condescension

Saudagari ke peshe main ghaate ki baat kiye ho

Lutaya dil, lutaya sab kuch, jan bhi nisaar kiye ho

Majboori ke naam per is qadar ziadati

Os pe hal ye ke khuda khuda kiye ho

Meri aabru ke tukron se dalail bana kar laye tum

Bharam ko zamane main dhuain ki nazar kiye ho

Bethe ho sabr ka daman thaame bare be-murawwat

Muddat guzri faisla howe, ab kis ki aas kiye ho?

Dikh raha hai aankhon main dard tumhari larazte howe

Agarche fasla hazar sahi magar, parwa buht kiye ho

Buht dour-andesh ho tum, ye maana hum ne

Ab ke magar nadani main khudaai ka dawa kiye ho

- Ms.Shehab

Ode to Buggie

Like the mild, warm sunshine in cold winter days, like the dawn breaks the dark and everything feels alright, like the peaceful flowing of water in a river, such is as close as I can get to describing where you stand for me, and more. You’re like that parrot from ancient stories of wizards, the one with the wizard’s life in it not only because you have my life in your own lively, precious little self but also because you make me feel as powerful as a magician and as protective of you. You smell like freshness, you feel like poetry. You careless adolescent make me realize how wonderfully a whole person you are, with your innocent idea of being the king of the world, of singing out loud without caring of slipping off keys. Your all original theories move me to the core. Every time you smile with your eyes all bright and shiny, I feel like the stardust is showering down the sky, sparkling the entire world around me.

May God forgive me for comparing my sinful self as this but you make me feel like Mary, being a mother with chastity. You are a relief in times of pain, in times of misery. You are a tranquil escape from my woes. Its music to my sense on hearing when I hear you laugh. You with your clean conscience have polish mine. Today when I held your growing hands in mine, when I embrace you as my child, I couldn’t have put into words how much I Luv you, how wonderful a blessing you are to me and how I cannot thank God enough for a bliss as yourself.

Happy Birthday Buggie <3

An ode to you:

As the ocean bears a pearl

A pearl so white and fine

As the spring feels so fresh

So soothing and divine

Like a dawn after rain

Like a free flying kite

Young as you are yet so gallant

Oh you brave little knight!

You’re like a hope to me

A hope like fairytale

And yet I believe you are

As true as an angel

- Ms. Shehab