Almost two months of roller-coaster rides and sheer madness have gone by since my last post. And, I have returned yet again to clean the board and start all over again. While I plan and deliver a set of posts over the next few days, take a look at this piece from July of this year. Sigh! July was almost six months ago. We are already at the end of the year. So, here it is… A day without conversations.
This must have been
The slowest day of all
In all of recent memory
And that is how it feelsEvery day of past year
The angel has sounded
Its birdlike sweet melody
Into my untrained earsEven while it was so
The learning was done
Soon it seemed rather
Of what sweetness isWith the course of time
My lessons enabled me
To become a better man
To know what it meansThe angel rarely away
Guides all of my days
And when it goes away
Means only to returnIt is one of those days
And the angel far away
No sound can be heard
Nor any sign of its lightWhat beckons it away
From this heart of mine
Does not keep it long
Yet, gives me great painAnd the angel extends
Its duties not just to one
But others with the same
Afflictions, similar worriesPatience it asks of me
That which I haven’t any
Above all, on such days
As today in its absenceBring back your warmth
And return to your home
To where the heart lives
And where lies all peaceYou haven’t gone very far
O guardian angel, not yet
Enough space do we have
Back where you belongA day like this is forgiven
And soon will be forgotten
Faster days will grace us
And better things to thinkWhen you’re back with me
The melody will flow again
Spreading what is sweet
And with it all that is good© Suhail Rasheed, 2012
I shall be back soon, hopefully! Until then, Good Day! Good Night!!
