Fiza Pathan

The Poet’s Physician By Fiza Pathan   My medicine man examined my entrails today he stated that I have killed myself pining over you, my dear old lover. He plucked my heart and squeezed the life giving blood from it - what am I left with now dear lover but the bliss of an aching gap where my heart should have been. My doctor inserted the needles of bliss into my … [Read more...] about #Poetry ‘The Poet’s Physician’ by Fiza Pathan

My Lover’s Infant By Fiza Pathan Why does my dawn break upon the horizon of your memory? Why do I remember you when we are apart? My appetite for food is lost and the privileged ones wonder where my ailment lies - no one will ever be able to understand what malignant illness has struck me; no one will know that inspite of the setting of many suns, I still love … [Read more...] about #Poetry ‘My Lover’s Infant’ by Fiza Pathan

Leave Me Alone By Fiza Pathan I can’t bear the sound of your thunder - it’s getting me down. With all this confusion, the whirlpool of my ocean is turning around. I can’t bear the noise in my mind of an erupting volcano - the lava is your gift to me, which makes my fingers burn. Stop pressurizing me with your questions about our relationship that has broken into dust … [Read more...] about #Poetry ‘Leave Me Alone’ by Fiza Pathan

After My Party By Fiza Pathan   The party is over and all streamers lie on the floor. The red heart-shaped balloons are still pinned to the walls and the cake left untouched on the kitchen table. I’m alone now after my birthday party - the revelers have gone on by leaving me to think of you. For I did think of you while everyone drank their wine from paper cups … [Read more...] about #Poetry ‘After My Party’ by Fiza Pathan

You Forgot My Birthday By Fiza Pathan You are cruel to me dear lover, for forgetting me on my birthday. How much do I adhere to whatever false statement you utter - but you don’t care about me you have moved on and I have remained unchanged. Sweetmeats will I distribute to the lonely on my birthday - I’m twenty-five this year and yet I’m low with the burden of our … [Read more...] about #Poetry ‘You Forgot My Birthday’ by Fiza Pathan