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Away and Far Away...

Shabbir Harianawala June 8, 2005

Tags: love , life , longing , desire

Away

Thou hair that flows, the shine, the glow
The breeze which blows, the way it moulds
It finds its way, touches thou eyes
Ahh, those eyes, the way they rise

They rise with flare, the gaze, what depth
Losing away, I fear the depth
I fear ill drown with joy and heart
I never knew,
so sweet such death

The smile below, is much mellow
It widens a bit when I cry for more
A bit more it widens and I beg no more
Sweet pain it is, every bit kills me more

The skin this time is glowing like lime
So smooth it is so pure it lies
I fear I might hurt the lime
So I touch the air that touched the lime

And then I wake I can sleep no more
Its odd but I still feel the flow
The eyes I touch, the skin I touch
The smile is there yet thou not there

I sit and gaze once more at thee
The screen is happy, it holds thee
I wish I could hold thee too
And I wish no more

What is life I ask the One
If life is love I have got one
If thou didn’t come and hold me well
What life is worth, I’d rather have none

Nah boy it’s not as naïve as it sounds
I hear me saying with a glaring sound
Sure life has more, it’s not just love
But if love is life, what life has more?

So now I sit and gaze thee again
With much thought and mind, I wonder again
Life is thee and thee it is,
And then I lie and sleep again

***

Far Away...
I see the wind, it blows free
So free, it reaches thee
I am away, I beg the wind
To carry my lips to thee

The wind is breezing, I hurry
my lips shiver, I shiver
so much to say I beg the wind,
I wish I had time, I wish I had eternity

And I gather my thoughts scattered
I grab one and I get lost
I grab another and it loses me
I cry, I beg, the wind is breezing

I wonder if I tell thee about my love
The start is long I tell the wind
The flowers have blossomed now
how long asks the wind
A bit more, just a life more

I wonder if I tell thee about my life
And I think deep
Life seems to have been lost
What could I say about my life, it is with thee

I wonder if I tell thee about my pain
It stings and burns, it kills and more
But I wish I be painful forever
The pain is my bread, I live dying away

The snow I see outside, it’s been long I wonder
The wind breezes, I give up hope
So much to say, I beg the wind to carry me
The wind blows away, laughing away

But it puts a smile on me while blowing away
Says, thou begs wind too
And the thought is enough
I beg the wind again…

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