Shakil Ahmed Ismail Tambey Poems

The greatest power
Is kindness -

Kindness
...

A good deed is something so wonderful
It cannot be adequately reciprocated -

Especially if that good deed
...

There is something different
about you every day -
you have a style -
a new manner -
...

I was one afflicted
With need for beauty,
My most urgent and ardent
Thirst and hunger -
...

To visualize and comprehend difficulty
Is to apprize oneself of intellect and beauty;

Difficulty, and illness actualizes the need
...

You love flowers and children -
Your love then, is the greatest love -
Flowers are given to heal:
You hence love healing;
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Antonio, you have achieved
A great deal in life;

I have known you do three things:
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There are millions of words,
In thousands of languages,
And I need to say something to you:
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My love for you meant
That you wouldn't love me in turn;
Love has inevitable twists and turns,
And this I accept;
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You deserve
To be loved,
But once -
And once only -
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