![]() ShallowA Poem by Mehak MushtaqDo you
really not want someone, to listen
silent, keeping your secrets? Someone,
as deep as the ocean, collecting
and keeping the stones. Never
letting any desire, any emotion over
power the obstinacy of never letting go of any
memory and keeping it safe, pious
from every evil intention. Owning
the sacredness of never having been judged, just
heard and kept. Made
divine by never having been told. An ocean
that is plain, still. Not eager
to splendor its tides - thinking
of giving up what it holds, to earn
the bubbles of enjoyment. It just
houses relics. No
difficult for the ocean to be human. How
difficult is it for a
human to hold back the urge of being intoxicated by materialism? To be an
ocean..
June, 2013
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Added on September 6, 2013Last Updated on September 6, 2013 Author![]() Mehak MushtaqSrinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, IndiaAboutAssalam-u-alaikum. Mehak, from Kashmir, India. I got introduced to Writer's cafe just two years, ago, I'm 18, now. Like colors, life is an illusion, too. Look inside of you, the devil you hide, the.. more..Writing
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