Haphazard

Here fire burns to make water,

desire burns and makes emotion.

Faith, is how we know fear,

hope itself, mothers despair.

Lots of love - acquainted with pain,

God is the reason, sane or insane.

Be it where you water or the other side,

grass is greener where ever the sun doesn't hide.

Life as it came, was perfect,

was growth, was sense a defect?

What is it that keeps telling us,

"There's more to life", when death awaits us?

Why things beyond control

if I'm part of Your whole?

Why ecstasy if it can not last?

Why give vision, then take away fast?

Why nothing? Why nothing at all?

I'm busy making out where did I fall.

I swear this is the wrong path I walk on,

Neither well beaten, even evil walks (from night) towards dawn.

Reviews

[emmajoy]

What incredible writing and thinking, incredibly far reaching and worthy, plus written so lucidly.

May i 'speak aloud' for a while, please. You've done what a fine writer should do, made your Friends' grey matter work extra time. Life walks hand in hand with everything - or should: emotions, thoughts, actions, dreams, pain and glory, et al. And it travels between coming into and sliding out of Presence. (Presence being Life on Earth) What we are and feel is all part of questioning every part of existence during what we think is only minutes but , in fact, is endless.. dust to dust to dust floating in light.

It's right to question, to learn. ' There's more to life", when death awaits us?' but it's more correct to live life to the full than to miss precious hours, days, years of living, do you think?

[Mehak Mushtaq]

Thank you so much for the thoughtful review.

[Balkaran Sidhu]

totally amazing..the flow..the rhymes..the theme...

[Shawna]

Beautiful and strong in it's faith. Love this Mehak!

[Mehak Mushtaq]

Thank you. :)

[Nami Machae]

very beautiful... very well done..

[Mehak Mushtaq]

Thank you. :)

[keyvan]

good one....beautiful..

[Mehak Mushtaq]

Thanks,

[Jack...]

There is a sense of pain here that I don't quite understand. I am hoping it is only a passing moment and not what walks with you my friend. You are such a talented poet and that I feel is something you should smile about and thank God for this. Sometimes the slies go dark and rain does fall, but always, the sun will come out again. Very deep and sad poem.

[Mehak Mushtaq]

Yes, it is sad. Like I said, life is very unstable. :( Thank you Jack.

[Chris]

Thoughts to listen to and think on.

[Mehak Mushtaq]

Thank you.

[Chris]

...and did you give them more thought after writing them down? I have - since I read them. "Faith, is how we know fear," is still in mind and perhaps I may expand my own wanderings. So I wasn't teasing or just saying a nothing - sweetly. I don't bother with sweet 'nothings' - authors deserve a real thought.

[Mehak Mushtaq]

I didn't really think about them a lot. Thank you for being honest.

[Chris]

You spoke your mind... and was heard.

[Mehak Mushtaq]

:)

[Salar Majak]

this is my most favorite poem on this site for today!!!
it's so full of faith and questioning
of love and confusion
of fear and courage
i love this poem!
and such a talented poetess

[Mehak Mushtaq]

Thank you so much Sal. :)

[Salar Majak]

:)

[Robert Strzalko]

I get the feeling that is about yearning and longing in a spiritual, philosophical sense.

[Mehak Mushtaq]

In a way, it is.

[Leslie Philibert]

another example of excellent work from India, fine quatrians that combine with the self-reflecting, questioning content...good one

[Mehak Mushtaq]

Thank you. :)