leaves of autumn poem written by Mohammad Mahmud Ahmad

leaves of autumn

Special poem written by

Mohammad Mahmud Ahmad


O, lover who confined my way
As a faded flower, the wind blows it away
My eyes become sunken and drown deeply
Sleepless nights damage them day after day

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Their caravan moved suddenly to the west
I stand by the door scratch my wrist
My elbow becomes necrosis since they leave
Sometimes I open and close my fist
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Are you friend still desperate like me?
Feel sad, cannot you see?
O, flower, how many times the nightingale perches over
Becomes dry and float away in the sea
* * *
Sixteen years I have opened my door
Waiting your vision to come across the shore
A gust of wind suddenly removes the trail
The road is muddy and the mountain is hoar
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Yes, we are friend since long ago
Due to trivial thing, he becomes my foe
We neither challenge others nor betray
But he stabs me on day in the zoo
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He swore and confirmed his oath
Said that he is truthful henceforth
But the betrayal snuck on him deep
Snaked and stabbed me in my prime youth
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Let me tell you who is he
It is the crucial time not she
If it goes away never comes again
As if the lock which looses its key