Poetry

Snake Beast By Fiza Pathan You have my venom running through your veins and my fangs have turned a portion of your skin light blue. For I’m the snake beast, who has the body of a human, and a head of a serpent. My bite is deadly and my cunning knows no bounds for I am evil incarnate a vision of ugliness. Death by my hands is fatal as I congeal the blood into a chilly … [Read more...] about #Poetry ‘Snake Beast’ by Fiza Pathan

Friends Of The Past By Fiza Pathan   My waking hours slither around me like a serpent I can’t free myself from the venom filled past the past is deep and it is filled with rich blood which I want to bathe in. The wounds of decades gone by hurt me still I bleed my tears with sad remorse about the things that are long gone. I remember old friends who have turned away … [Read more...] about #Poetry ‘Friends Of The Past’ by Fiza Pathan

The Land of Buddha By Fiza Pathan I hate to say this but, the truth has to be told I long to go back to the land of the Samurai the place I left long ago. Misty fog covers the land of the red dragon and the mountains are plenty. But my sage like family rests in the islands of the Tao sages and that’s the place where I have to go. We are practitioners of Zen … [Read more...] about #Poetry ‘ The Land of Buddha’ by Fiza Pathan

My Riddle-Like Heart By Fiza Pathan   My dear heart you have wronged me today by not allowing me to count the sand grains of my time I spent loving him. Instead, you made me ride on a white horse of truth towards the emptiness of my soul - without my lover I am lost like an Arab in the desert of lost souls. I raised my hands to you dear red heart but you … [Read more...] about #Poetry ‘My Riddle-Like Heart’ by Fiza Pathan

The Heavenly Doctor By Fiza Pathan   My wounds are fresh reeking with dried blood stains on every part of my body but what Have I to fear for the Lord bandages my bruises. The God most holy among physicians washes the blood from my open wounds and Doctors me with a fatherly care. He understands why I had to inflict these cuts upon my flesh He understands the true … [Read more...] about #Poetry ‘The Heavenly Doctor’ by Fiza Pathan