Happy New Year Poem by Akhtar Jawad

Years come and go
and so,
are we!
Leaving behind
a few foot prints,
time never stops,
I am reviewing,
foot prints of the preceding years,
and I have decided,
to follow
that foot prints of the current year,
in the year proceeding,
that lead to
love,
friendship,
coexistence,
and,
peace.
I know during my journey to a dream island,
I shall have a few friends only,
so what?
Even a single nice companion,
a hand in my hand,
two eyes in my eyes,
and the hearts exchanged,
will make my journey a pleasant one.
I shall ask my friend to sit beneath,
A tall and large and dense love tree,
and write a poem on the journey of love.
Meanwhile I shall survey the green island,
I shall search for some delicious fruits,
for my friend,
I know I may fail to find many fruits,
so what,
I know I shall find at least one,
The fruit forbidden,
but lovely and sweet,
my friend will write a poem on sand,
with a pen made of a branch of olive,
a long poem describing the sun,
from dawn to dusk,
and when my friend,
will be sleeping and dreaming,
I shall lift that pen and start completing
that poem of the journey,
how among the shining stars,
moon traveled from dusk to dawn.
I hope the first ray of sun of a happy new year,
will call the clouds to blur the sunlight,
will call the winds to knit a blanket of sand,
and cover the friends,
sleeping on island of love,
with arms in the arms,
and lips on the lips,
with the kissing eyelids
pregnant of the dreams
dreams of
love,
friendship,
coexistence,
and,
peace.
When we shall rise
We'll be amazed to see,
we are hidden in a blanket
and the blanked is made
of the fine silken threads
of the words and lines
of the poem of love,
we jointly wrote.

(HAPPY NEW YEARS' WISHES TO ALL MY FRIENDS)