Do Not Ask Poem by Sadiqullah Khan

The lost book
Her last converse
An ending
A beginning
Speech rendered
Word listened.

Do not ask
A life spent
A love given
Walked a distance
Measured time
Drank water.

Verse spoken
Written a line
Danced wild
Slept long
Dreamt a dream
Raised hands
In prayers.

Corpse buried
The son's friend
Taken his life
A girl wept
Mother cried
Heavy rain poured
Storm endured.

Flowers in spring
Leaves of autumn
Snow of winter
Sweat of summer.

A cup sipped
Rush of blood
Anguished night
A long meditation.

Breakfast served
Cup of cappuccino
The new day
Rising sun
Rising hopes
Under the blue dome.

Sadiqullah Khan
Peshawar
October 9,2014.