Late Night Walk Poem by Sadiqullah Khan

In the late night walk
When the whole atmosphere
Was full of sweet smells
The mixing of the mist
With the dark colors
The colors
Like the black scarf
That has imbibed your aroma
The darkness of the night
Like the dark clouds of your hair
The moon was crescent
Smiling on us
In rich blue color
When we talked of the humanity
And the universal designs
With stars visible
A visit to the garden
And the gardener who was a sculptor
Had pruned the trees into birds of big size
With crowns on head and tails upturned
In tranquility of that night
And in the greenness of the colors
Showing heat
The elephant with big ears
Was too enthralled
Like the bed in some celebrity’s mansion
Who has not yet taken drugs to sleep
The willow tree
On one side
In mourning
And suddenly the trees
Started talking
Some talked of their age
Some growing
Some in bloom
Growing buds
Like a fourteen year old girl
Dressed like punks
Others getting old
The maple tree
In his submission
Uttered with the grandeur
Of the king in court
‘’we have a life too”
We breathe like you
And we have a life cycle
But said he
Don’t be terrified
And don’t worry
We shall breathe out
Oxygen for you
We shall take carbon dioxide
From your atmosphere
We shall keep our pledge with nature
And with you
We shall provide shadow and shelter
To you
We shall make your stay on this earth
As beautiful as our ancestors did
We shall bear the strokes of you axe
With dignity and grace
And when we fall
We shall fall like the great warriors in the battle field
We know you will not shed a tear for us
We know about every thing happening to us
You,
Who has no gratitude
You,
The destroyer of the earth
You,
Whose greed knows no bounds