Letting go of reality.

Happiness is one mirror away.

I've been writing on plain pages.

I've been filling emptiness.

I've been creating moments,

I've been re-living memories.

I've been trying to hold the hands

in the images in my mind,

of people who I loved

and of those who loved me.

I've been trying to make my mind

reflect the light of yesterday.

I've been trying to hold the mirror in my eyes at an angle good,

that still shows the pictures as a live album.

I've been trying to hold the tail of the horse,

on whose back time rides and gallops away.

I've been trying to teach the birds,

to teach me to sing.

I've been trying to take the body off,

and fly the soul away.

I've been trying to sharpen the knife

that runs through my chest.

I've been trying to magnetize emotions,

while I always repel.

I've been trying to lift the skies high,

to accommodate more sin - my flight.

I've been trying to pull the moon down

and hang it down my window.

I've been trying to breathe out the reality,

for dreams to sink in.

I've been trying to un-fill my cup of facts,

for thoughts to fill in.

I've been trying to unlit the flames,

for desire to burn again.

I've been trying to author problems,

for my idle brain.

I've been trying making papers,

for my heart to design a new romance.

I've been trying to unlight the candle,

for life to find another way.

I've been trying to replace the painted canvas inside,

with a colorless hue.

I've been trying to refill my brush,

to continue.

July,2013.

Reviews

[Pax]

wow, amazingly expressive....

I find myself in your words, I felt the breathless air gone by as i read it...
too overwhelming and too emotional in a level that i felt like you've wrote every life everyone has or had...

emotional in many levels my friend...
simply amazing...

[Mehak Mushtaq]

Thank you for your kind remarks friend.

[Leslie Philibert]

Enjoy here the rich metaphors, perhaps the repeat of I`ve tires a little, perhaps some punctuation and another stanzaic structure would improve this already good poem.

[Mehak Mushtaq]

thank you sir.

[junaid altaf]

an excellent way of putting your feelings on the paper.....
and that too in a poetic way
well composed!

[Mehak Mushtaq]

thank you :)

[uzair zahid]

Great....from beginning till end... nice!
Enjoyed while going through...
:)

[Mehak Mushtaq]

Thank you. :)

[quinfinn]

i am enjoying all the duplicitous hypocritical rhetoric for this....an astounding piece of writing in its own right. things done cannot be undone with out rewriting the rules or engaging in some change. i have read this piece three times, and it gets deeper and more resonant with each read ...saying it aloud is almost cathartic...and definitely means more...well penned.

[Mehak Mushtaq]

Thank you so much Quin. :)

[Nami Machae]

Very nice poem. I will enjoy reading more

[Zahra]

Really profound and effective. very well penned

[Frieda P]

Oh the empty tank syndrome, how hard it is to refuel once you get to this place. Different reflections seem to be deceptive at times, you've painted it perfectly here with your words Mehak..love this one!

[Mehak Mushtaq]

Thank you Frieda. :)

[Frieda P]

My pleasure Mehak :-)

[Sami Khalil]

"I've been trying to sharpen the knife
that runs through my chest.
I've been trying to magnetize emotions,
while I always repel.
I've been trying to lift the skies high,
to accommodate more sin - my flight.
I've been trying to pull the moon down
and hang it down my window.
I've been trying to breathe out the reality,"
I think this one is one of your best for it touches also on the universality of the human struggles that we all face...Bravo...:)

[Mehak Mushtaq]

Thank you so much. :)

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)

[Lourisa]

I enjoyed the imager you used! I can surely identify with this piece.

[Mehak Mushtaq]

Thank you. :)

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)

[Jack...]

Very nice Mehak. We all need to recharge at one time or the other and take the time to sit back and look at life from all angles. This was very well done.

[Mehak Mushtaq]

Thank you Jack. :)