How To Believe...? Poem by Afzal Shauq

How...
Am I to believe
Your love serious...

I wonder...
Do you feel my pain
as I feel yours...

Is it real...
My eyes are open
you are no dream...

Still you hide...
like I am not known
merely a stranger

And still...
its you
lays claim to love.
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Poem In Pashto By: Afzal Shauq
Translated in English By: Alley Boling
Book: 'TWIST OF FATES' Poem No.124/Page.169
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