Author: afzal

  • Bright Stars

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    Bright stars, why do they disappear?What happened to me, everybody asks.Searching for myself, I’m wandering around.Why am I nowhere to be found? Seeking myself, on these paths.Not sure why, i feel I’m drifting away Why do all dreams shatter?Why do they part their ways? What happened, did you ever pause to think?Who am I, and…

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    afzal

  • Moments in Time

    It is true, it feels like time is running fast – and continuously accelerating. Until everything becomes a blur in the past, and we never again get to glance in that window. I keep trying to immortalize past moments by the click of a shutter, and my experiences – my state of mind – by…

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  • End of the Day

    I hope you get to relax a little after all the chores are done for the day. After all the emails are attended to, or at least the ones that are burning bright with today’s colors. After dinner and dessert. Even after the prayers in the dark. Snuggled up in the corner of the couch,…

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  • Balance

    As for the earth, We spread it out and placed upon it firm mountains, and caused everything to grow there in perfect balance (Quran 15:19) — English by Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

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  • When We Walked Together

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    For a long while I walkedwith you by my sideonly to realizethat our paths will never cross Enjoy the viewmy friendthis is allyou will ever have

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  • Eid-Al-Fitr Mubarak 2022

    Another Ramadan has come and gone. A sure sign of the relentless passing of time. As always, it’s been a time of trials and tribulations. Of sincere prayers and deep reflections. A time of lucid late evenings and tired early mornings. And, as always, a time of failure and of success. Today, on the eve…

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  • Thanks

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    Thanks for sharing all your stories, big and small. Thanks for always coming through, and for surprising me when I least expect it. Thanks for your patience even in moments of stress. Thanks for always trying, and for your friendship.

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    afzal

  • Imperfect

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    The landscape lay before me like a painting.If there could ever exist a perfect painting, that is. But no human creation could possess such beauty.Such blend of form and function.None. Taking it all in, I saw the final photograph in my mind’s eye.A beautiful piece of art, able to stir in the viewers heart,the same…

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  • Even Though You’re Upset

    How shall we explainTo the worldThe reason for our parting? Even though you’re upsetWith meFor the sake of everyone askingCome back Our grievances apartIf only to tormentMy heartCome back Even though we’re notAs close as beforeStill sometimeIf only for the sake of customCome back Admittedly hiding loveIs loveSomeday secretlyTo proclaim your loveCome back Come backIf…

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  • The Sun Never Says

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    EvenAfterAll this timeThe sun never says to the earth, “You oweMe.” LookWhat happensWith love like that,It lights theWholeSky. Poem by Hafiz. Translation by Daniel Ladinsky

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