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The Sorrowful Mirror By Fiza Pathan You left me because my beauty had deserted me. But nothing lasts forever and a lie remains till it’s frozen in the mirror. What is a mirror may I ask, a looking-glass to tell me of my misfortune? For at last the reflection has emerged from my form-my lover left me because of my image. He chose my best friend instead for her beauty and … [Read more...] about #Poetry ‘The Sorrowful Mirror’ by Fiza Pathan

Rainbow Dreams By Fiza Pathan There is a rainbow in the sky With colours of seven to break up my shadow world. For my terrain is the land of dead hopes And a lost love of long ago. This rainbow taunts my sadness And brings to light all my regrets. A heart broken by the temptations of the mundane ones Cannot bear the sevenfold radiance into ones breast. Get away … [Read more...] about #Poetry ‘Rainbow Dreams’ by Fiza Pathan

The Night Sky By Fiza Pathan I’m the one you saw in your dreams And then you counted the stars I carried in my arms. I poured those stars of blessings into your vacant eyes So that they would glisten and twinkle every time I looked at you. The night now is gone but the magic of darkness Still tempts me to steal away from the light. The sun holds no mysteries for me to … [Read more...] about #Poetry ‘The Night Sky’ by Fiza Pathan

Invisible Hands Embrace by Fiza Pathan The piano plays a rhythm to the empty heart with vacant thoughts, The melody intoxicates the listener into remembrances of the unnameable past. He held my hand in his so gently, like Buddha held the swan to his breast, That my mind enveloped in his form forever more. There is distance now between us-mountains prevail To keep from … [Read more...] about #Poetry ‘Invisible Hands Embrace’ by Fiza Pathan

Painful Love by Fiza Pathan Love cuts through the whole body like a merciless thorn, and it is remnant of the spikes on a cactus. When the prick comes, we do not know; and when the blood is drawn, we lie in wait of ecstasy. But till that miserable love takes the last drop of red life giving liquid, it shows us the heavens delights to cloud our thoughts. It’s a throbbing … [Read more...] about #Poetry ‘Painful Love’ by Fiza Pathan