Looking Beyond

I can hear the birds singing the song of joy,
When i am looking beyond the time of rise!
I can feel the fragrance of the blooming flowers,
When i am looking beyond the dew on them!
I can touch the breeze caressing through my cheeks,
When i am looking beyond the wind beneath!
I can smell the freshness,calm and serene,
When i am looking beyond the ocean green!
I can taste the victory that waves bring,
When i am looking beyond their way towards me!

P.S:A spontaneous rhyme.Collaboration with Palak Shah(Apron and ink)

The Journey of Affirmation!

A week ago as i was discussing with palak about life,through my stressed face she sensed something and abruptly bounced on me an affirmation.She said look in to the mirror and tell yourself "I am at peace like never before" !I laughed hard and reverted"I wont do that,rather i cant!And the topic evaporated in all the laughs!

A day later she seemed to be a little low that made me pen down a few words for her
T for Tension,
T for Temporary,
T for tough,
T for Tight Hug
Tension is temporary makes life tough!
A tight hug is the solution to all.And I am glad i have people who hold me tight to tell me I am there.
-Affirmation 1

This ignited a sharp thought of writing affirmations each night.I sent it to my close one who enjoyed reading it and replied with fervor. That instilled in me a journey to pen down affirmations and send across to my close ones.
I am glad the way it is appreciated.Indeed mind is the biggest tool to regulate life.

So every seven days i will be updating a weekly affirmation,until the compilation marks a century!

I hope my journey of affirmation goes long way and is of help to others because to me indeed it has given  a purpose!

Weekly Affirmation:

Affirmation 2:
When I sleep at night to close my eyes to the sky of life,there is a shimmering star of peace gazing back at me whispering in my ears"I am far but you can see me"


Affirmation 3:
Like a rock in the sea I hold the strength that no one can see.When waves come together they fall weak in front of me because i can stand alone to show them what is strength within!\

Affirmation 4:
I look at the mirror to smile to self to tell the inner me its all fine.Like the birds heading back to nest,leaving the worries back in the sky.I can take my soul to the happiest den leaving behind all my pain.

Affirmation 5:
The tall green ocean around the sea reflects its presence and lives free.It falls in the autumn to rise again in spring and dances with the breeze and freezes to weep.It stands firm to embrace the rays,to carve another beautiful way.Like it knows nothing of the future i too hold no insight of it either.But i shall live and rejoice on freshness of today because i know if its autumn now tommorrow is springs day.

Affirmation 6:
Open an old book on a library's shelf ,in the heart of a reader which dwells.The radiance of its fragrance disperses in space like a pleasant scent in a quiet place.It narrates the journey of a dream to growin the life of many being.The narrow wrinkles on its face tells me i can grow each day.I can chase my dreams and make a way,because if a book can turn its pages gold and shine young to make it glow,I can liberate my dreams and feel its fragrance ,to live with it and make it happen!
My book of life will glow and shine,soon each day to be better in time!

Affirmation 7:
I live in the present and enjoy the little joys of life because they are the soap bubbles set free to grow to a height.The bee tells me when she hums around a nectar,she only rejoices on the sweetness around her.When ants carve a path together,they only know to hold each other,When eagles fly high in the air,with the breeze all the joys they share!Be it an eagle ,bee or an ant,they tell me its present moment,filled with sweetness ,carved with joy,to hold each other and live with joy!

-SSW

Friendship

A relation over all the relations,
It binds the soul with the emotions!
Love and trust anchors it strong
Laughter and fun comes along!
When life watches you fight with them ,
In tears you walk into a different den!
The sun and moon witness you converse,
The unsaid words of love with hug!
It fades the boundary of differences,
When you learn to forgive mistakes!
You feel the pain that you don't hold,
When you listen to the tears that roll!
Your heart parallels with the anger of them,
When you know it went wrong all over again!
You can make a prank to troll for fun,
Can't stay calm,When it comes from 'SomeOne'
You can give and take serious advises,
Along can laugh on the extraordinary wiseness!
You can speak for hours and Silently Listen!,
When you know you have along your friend!
Like the waves of ocean moving
along the shoulders,
Friends together face all the boulder!
-SSW

The Blot of Terrorism

My heart is filled with tears and grief,
As I am writing about a Religion of Peace.
My heart aches to the sorrow it holds,
O Humans!Know what it unfolds.

The names that you lay on my belief,
Pierces my soul  and rips it in piece!
Whom shall I call out to tell my heart,
Because each thought travels on separate cart!

O You,Who calls himself Muslim,
How much do you know of it!

Your dusky thoughts have tarnished the Mercy,
Prophet Mohammed held in his legacy!
Know ,You are blinded to the Islam's history,
And misguided by the political fanatics!

O Muslims,go pick up Sahih Bukhari,
Read to understand Fidak and Ghadeer!
All Life you questioned Imam Hussain and Azadaari,
Now it's time to get back to books and read!

O My brothers,Come to stand together,
Ponder!From where did this wart enter!?
Bigotry,Misgonny and killing of humans,
Is this what you have been given!

O You !Who calls himself the lover of prophet,
Your heart is taken away from the unsaid!

Think who sowed the seed of suffering,
Take your self back to the political regime!
Islam has witnessed the change over years,
By the people to come over their fears!


THEY are just a handful of beings ,
Yet you remain silent to do nothing!
Had you imbibed the sacrifice of seventy two,
You wouldn't stammer to speak the truth!

O Muslims,Wake up to the call of time,
How will you justify the innocent dying.
When you have walked away from the door of heaven?
Showing your back to the house of Prophet!

The blot of terrorism shall not fade,
If you sleep to the call of Imam Hussain.
His noble sacrifice saved the religion of prophet,
To save it from the cruel yazid's trumpet!

Baghdadi,IS and Taliban ,
Are the descendents of Yazid's 'Khandaan'!
I am no scared to pen it in words,
Because
Imam Hussain stood against coward in herds.

The seed of terrorism was laid decades ago,
Today you are suffering to let it go!
Come back to the door of Mercy,
'Ahlubayt' will embrace you in!
-Saima Wasti (SSW)

Karbala

The land of Karbala speaks of sacrifice,
That Imam Hussain(a.s) laid with smile.
Why Karbala and What is Moharram?
Know the concealed truth of this month .
The days of mourning commence for all
the lovers of Imam Hussain around!
The grandson of Prophet,
Son of Imam Ali a.s
Stood firm to save religion from tyranny !
The land of Karbala smiles with pride,
For the owner of it shaped it to life!
Children,Ladies and friends ,
Made the army of Imam Hussain.
With H.Abbas,the flagbearer of the caravan,
The warrior of time on earth and heaven.
72 they were on the side of right,
Know why they laid their lives!
Which battle is fought with ladies and children,
Including a six month old infant!
The Merciless heart of cruel Yazid (L.a)
Was drowned in the lust of hypocrisy!
His army was blind to the greed of power,
They knew no bound of pain one can shower!
But the noble family of Imam,
Kept up the prayers and Emaan!
Yazid willed to settle on the political islam,
But Imam sacrificed his house to save the real islam.
He proved to world,
Do not be afraid,to speak the words unsaid!
Today millions of hearts,chant his name!
Because he saved islam from yazid's den!
-SSW

The Poetic Cord!

My eyes smile to the keys of my board,
With thoughts racing down to the world.
Like the gurgling waves moving to the shore,
Dancing in symphony with a gentle roar!
My lonesome thoughts then wallow luxuriously,
I string them together like the diver's beads!

Since the 'Inception' of my poems and writing,
My rhymes have spoken on everything,
Apart from me and my way of living.
But some poets in disguise notice me,
Their magical skill brings a treat to me!
I fall short of all the wonderful words,
The poet in me freezes with a thrust!

I rest my skill on the beautiful letters,
Not knowing how to put them together!
I re- read the post of apron and ink,
My heart sparks like a shinning beam!

I gather my thoughts and narrate to them,
Its written for me, from a poet who is gem.
I know her since forever  but when,
is never stated when poets turn friends!

The words pull out another trail,
'Secret writer' joins on this beautiful way!
Then 'Hasti' carves a perfect  rhyme,
'Musaib' walks in with a wide smile!
And 'Mahima' comes along with all,

The poetic cord shares a new bond,when
Together they present a magical wand!

-SSW
P.S:This post is dedicated to some beautiful people i came across off lately and i hope they stay in my life forever.Poem means world to me and receiving it for self is happiness beyond words.Thank you for that lovely piece.

The Mask says..

O' you! the wisest of all creatures,
I am a part of you and your nature.

Know that,
Each one lives with a Mask of his own,
No among-st you can claim  'not known'!

I am the seen to you but unseen to others,
Wagging out the shades of your colors!

You can see me in the mirror of your thoughts,
When you are smiling carrying a million words!

When the anger hits on the cord of your relations,
I am helpless to bring out the care that is hidden.

When your deep ocean sheds a stream of sadness,
I come forward,to cover the hatred and emptiness!

When you smile by the end of the toughest day,
I embrace your broken pieces to stand up again.

When your sugar coated words comfort another one,
I know whats the story running across your heart!

When you cheat and lie by resting on my shoulder,
I am at guilt to know that you are my owner.

When you play with the emotions of your companion,
I am ashamed to stand as your oblivious curtain!

At times you make me proud of your goodness,
Next moment i hang my head down in shame!

Like a moving water falling out of sieve,
Your emotions move across to reside in me.

When you talk of the Mask on the next door,
Ponder to self, Can you pull off your own?.

-SSW
 This post is written for IndiSpire Edition 133

Take this poetic challenge.Mask and masks, masks everywhere. What is it that the mask tries to hide? put it in prose poem, poetry, micro-poem, haiku or anything lyrical. #masks

P.S:Mask ,Each one holds to live by the competitive world.May be,To make a stand,to mend a heart,to comfort a soul,to grow more strong,to live by respect,or to find a way out.

There is no person who has not comforted himself underneath this concealed guard but what matters is motive.You may carry it for a good deed but using it to stab a soul is the lowest a human falls to.

All i can say is be careful to save yourself from the losers who can wound you any moment and embrace the winners who never let their other self know about the angel in them.