A Life Invisible Poem by Dr Kamran Haider Bukhari

smell of futile sweat
surges of androgenic blood
blossomed lily sweating more
anorgasmic frustration
midsummer night’s dysphoria
flushing faces kneeling down
mercy showered at last
upon dehydrated necessity
I am an invisible creature
the one minute old babe cried
pack up time now
money is not enough sir
she insisted for more
he threatened her of incarceration
and yelled with protruded eye balls
you know not, I am the lord of this land
she bowed one last time and left


doc! can you get rid of this filth?
how much can you pay?
o’ come on
you must have charged more
when it was barely few minutes old
no doc!
believe me
he gave me no extra
just ten rupees tip
and a new life
unwanted and shameful


a week passed in pain
then one gorgeous full moon night
the invisible life
reincarnated in her dream
and whispered in her resting ear
the words are still echoing in her mind
though a lifetime passed


mum, I was not uninvited
I was sent to purify you
but you got rid of me as I was filth
you never held me in your arms
neither did I suckled upon your breast
nor you ever gave me a name
still I would always live in your mind
like a buzzing thought
invisible yet overriding