Death’s life’s entrepreneur
It glues atoms in their prime
It seeks oblivion in eternity
And mummifies known time.
Wind’s invisible consort of death
That lulls souls in solitude
It steals each breath and sigh
And feigns beatitude.
Fire’s the close minion of wind
That exhibits wild flares of lust
It chastises heritage of gall
But itself remains robust.
Water’s guardian of fire
Billowing it rolls to embrace
Land that thirsts for life
Its humility leaves no trace.
But soil absorbs all passion
It stills fire water and wind
To make icons of truth
That death cannot rescind.
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ADAM AND EVE
Adam did find
That body was kind
Eve was that body
The classic of mind
Was Adam just mind
Was body unkind!
Was Eve just body
That Adam did find
Both mind and body
Of one thing remind
Both Adam and Eve
Are body and mind
The mind and the body
Are the seed of mankind
And live together
In heart and the mind.
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GOODNESS IS GREAT
Be good to be optimistic
Goodness is great
Goodness will win
If we let things go straight
Be good to be happy
Goodness makes us kind
Kindness is a gift of paradise
Of this all good things remind
Be gentle to be loved
Gentleness gives peace
You can enjoy that treasure
You hold those golden keys
Be good to be kind
If you want in life to win
Remember this secret
Goodness makes no ugly din.
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ZENITHEST
True manhood’s real state of man
It needs no peeking smile
Why trade it for a handy lie
It’s not a well-lit guile
Let not the whip of selfishness
Bleed truth to make some gain
Let not the evil- self exploit
Sweet hope in manhood’s name
We’re breathing specks in universe
We have to know our soul
We have to fight against all evil
To fulfill our worldly goal
We mortals have but little choice
We cannot kill the sun
In trying to gain we ourselves lose
In trying to save we save no one
Both good and bad reside in flesh
The false in classic pride
Nothing is impossible
Though the snake lives inside
The little worm that in slime
Has peace within its home
It loves the calm in clammy filth
In filth it builds its Rome
The brain must dwell with bones and blood
It has to co-exist
The good must live with sniveling bad
And still be an optimist.
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THE SELFLESS SELF
The mind thinks
It needs no feelings
The heart feels
Despite all ceilings
Is man just brain or heart
Or spirit of both in flesh
The body feels in the womb
And gives brain what it deserves
Feel for the others
But don’t dump the self
Give hope to the others
Stick not to lifeless pelf
Give the way the universe gives
Sacrifice as it sacrifices itself
Gentle is the aim of spirit
That loves the selfless self.
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STRIVE ON
It is this low and humble clay
That contains the joys of life
It’s this quaking turmoil again
That with many a charm is rife
Strong shades grow out of this silent dust
Beaked thorns protect the flowers
Life’s eternity’s ambassador
Though it keeps long silent hours
Tears of souls put out the flames
That our kinky minds inspire
They are the holy blood of soul
That routs the hellish fire
Though man goes low and ends in grave
And bright tears are lost in dust
Lose faith not in that Holy Hand
That’s Wise and Knowing and Just
So search for life in every breath
And in every throb to win
Sweet treasures of eternity
That time has placed within.
Mahmood Pervez Alam
Syllables of Life 