An Ode to Karachi

The city thats alive in our dreams

By night

With smiles

As we dream

karachi, the city of lights

the city of our heart’s plight

The shape of our tears

The direction of our fears

Numbed over time

Our needs take heed

But there will always be a glow

A burning light

a warm blow

that utters in the depth of our heart

karachi

karachi, we long for you

karachi that lives in our dreams

karachi where monsoon flows

karachi on a Chand raat

or an eid day, or a rainy day

or any day when no one dies

when murderers and victims can breath the air

And not kill or be killed

when there is no hate

no prejudice amidst sects

no tears do flow

of the mother for her son

and no blood runs

on the streets where once was hope

Karachi of our dreams, maybe unreal

Yet its present in our dreams and our fears

Laments of the days gone by

Only in our dreams, doth it survives

lingers...reminds

makes us happy...makes us cry

karachi

the city that died a long time ago

karachi

the city thats alive in our dreams