A beautiful poem by Junaid Hafeez. Hafeez was visiting faculty member in English deptt of BZU Multan. He was accused of Blasphemy by the activists of Islami Jamait-e-Talba and put behind bars. It is alleged that he frequently posted and liked anti-Islam posts n comments on Facebook. Head of HRCP Multan chapter Advocate Rashid Rehman (nephew of IA Rehman) was defending his case before courts. Rashid was assisnated few days ago in Multan by pure and pious Muslims. Trees In Dreams Last night, perhaps the mid-night I dreamed a dream which I ain’t able to write But still I try to cite: I found you and me in the woods Only you and me, no other goods! We wished to live together here forever We sighed: Would God do us this favour? The sky got tear, a fairy appeared in white-wear She came close to us and whispered in our ears: “God has shown instant mercy on you, Now you two can live here too!” We two, couldn’t understand why she said “too!” But we didn’t care We were happy that God respected our prayer It happens rare that lovers live together forever! We used to welcome and good-bye the sun With smiles, hands waving and some fun! In between the trees, we used to run But sometimes, besides us trees also used to run We were afraid of the movements But the only solution was consolation through embracements! I used to comb your hair You used to sleep in my arms Seeing you asleep, I used to whisper in your ears: “You look so cute, innocent and calm.” But once it happened I saw through the trick For listening to my love-words, You pretended to asleep like a tired kid! Yeah (sigh), it was so romantic and yet realistic Every flower, every happiness, we together used to pick Seeing nests, we thought to build a home of brick But we were afraid of His kick Since these trees were enough to stick! Years passed by, but still we remained shy We were always true, in love why to lie? We were overwhelmed by the abundance of blisses! So many blisses, even more than we made kisses! We can’t count kisses, so how can the blisses? We were often surprised we are the only ones here? Often thinking logically where have we here? Why was the rest of the world not there? But there were no replies! And we remained mysterious about the carved trees! These trees made us forget all the queries and miseries In favour of all this: no logics, no theories! Then a day came when it rained Sky sent us a saint He bellowed in our ears: “You are about to dry,You are about to die!” You got horrified, I got terrified Simultaneously, we turned mad and sad What about our prayer of living together forever God turned back from His words? No, never! The final day for this life came The love we made here can never range Love remains same, only appearances change! Now we have become the trees Like all the other humans who wished to live together forever! He turned back from His words? No, never! Love remains the same, only appearances change! We still are lovers, lovers together, together forever! Now, we see another “we” in the same woods They run, and besides them, we also run They are also confused, but don’t abuse One day, after facing the final day, They will also become trees And these trees will become more thick More inviting as an ideal place to live together, Ideal place to stick together forever….
Posted on: Sat, 10 May 2014 10:16:43 +0000
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