Irfan Habeeb Poems

I never meant to chase you, or push you, or hurt you
I never meant to make you feel uneasy, or unhappy
I only feared that you would turn away from me
That you would stop looking, stop talking, stop being my friend
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I lose myself when you are near
Your eyes, your hair, your chin so dear
They make me weak and desperate
A stranger to myself, I forget
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A thing beyond my grasp
She broke, a string in the dark
Silent, nothing, nothing, nothing
She fell and fell, a star without a mark
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To gaze upon the azure sky,
And let the mind be free of thought,
Is bliss beyond what words can say,
The best of feelings ever sought.
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Your silence is a wall
That I cannot break through
Your words are a drought
That parches my soul
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I was a solitary star
Shining bright in the dark
Content with my own light
Until you came into my sight
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Through the fissures of the ancient gate
I hear the echoes of the bygone days
I hold the relics of the faded age
I stitch the fragments of the lost page
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A whisper in your ear
A hidden truth or lie
A warning you must hear
Before you say goodbye
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The world speaks
But only whispers
Inaudible to the restless
Only the still can listen
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A void in my chest
Where love used to reside
Now only echoes of rejection
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