Saturday, December 28, 2019

A DAY TO GIVE

A DAY TO GIVE

I ONLY HAVE ONE DAY TO GIVE
AND THAT DAY IS TOMORROW
TOMORROW I WILL GIVE
I PROMISE...

I WILL GIVE MY LOVE
MY AFFECTION
MY COMFORT
MY MONEY

TOMORROW,
I WILL GIVE
I PROMISE
LIKE I USED TO

LIKE I USED TO GIVE
EVERY DAY
EVERY DAY
WITHOUT FAIL

I GAVE
MY LOVE
MY AFFECTION
MY MONEY

I GAVE
AND THEN GAVE
AND THEN GAVE SOME MORE
AND THEN SOME MORE AND SOME MORE

I GAVE MY TIME...
THE MOST PRECIOUS
THING OF ALL
I GAVE MY PRECIOUS TIME

CAN YOU IMGINE/
I GAVE MY TIME
TO OTHERS
OTHERS WHO WERE NOT WORTHY

NOT WORTHY OF SUCH A GIFT
A RARE GEM
A BLACK OPAL FROM ETHOPIA
A BUGUNDY RED RUBY

GAVE IT AWAY...
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING KARIMA?
WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?

NOT THINKING
NOT THINKING AT ALL
JUST GIVING
JUST GIVING IT AWAY

A RARE THING LIKE TIME
WHICH NEVER COME BACK
NEVER
GONE FOR EVER...

CAN'T CATCH IT
IT'S A BIRD
WHO HAS FLOWN AWAY
TO DIFFERENT

LANDS
MORE SYMPATHETIC TO IT'S SENSITIVITY
MORE AWARE OF IT'S VALUE
MORE KEEN TO EMBRACE IT

THE GIFT...
THE GIFT WHICH EVEN KINGS CAN'T
AFFORD TO JUST GIVE AWAY
AND YOU DID

YOU, KARIMA
YOU DID
YOU GAVE AWAY YOUR TIME
YOUR OST VALUABLE GEM

YOU DIDN'T GIVE IT AWAY
YOU THREW IT AWAY
HOW COULD YOU?
KARIMA...

HOW COULD YOU?
NOW YOU HAVE NO TIME
NO TIME TO PREPARE ...
FOR ANYTHING

IT JUST GONE
LOST
DROWNED
DISOWNED

NO, BY YOU
NOT DISOWNED BY THE OTHERS
BY YOU
KARIMA

BY YOU...
NOW YOU ARE SAD
ARE YOU?
YOU SHOULD BE

WHAT DO YOU HAVE NOW?
WTHE SKY
WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW?
WHAT WOULD YOU DO NOW?
DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO ANYTHING NOW?

NO.  NOT ENOUGH TIME
NO TIME AT ALL
I THREW IT AWAY
IN THE DUST

I THREW IT AWAY
FAR ABOVE THE EARTH
AND IT FLEW
FLEW AWAY

LIKE THE BIRD
THE BIRD WITH WINGS
WINGS MADE IT FLY
FLY AWAY

NOW WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE?
WHEN THE TIME COMES TO GIVE?
WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE TODAY?
WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE AWAY TODAY KARIMA?

I ONLY HAVE ONE DAY TO GIVE
AND THAT DAY IS TOMORROW
TOMORROW I WILL GIVE
I PROMISE...

WHAT WILL YOU GIVE KARIMA?
WHAT WILL YOU GIVE TOMORROW?
WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR TIME?
WOULD YOU?

I ONLY HAVE ONE DAY TO GIVE
AND THAT DAY IS TOMORROW
TOMORROW I WILL GIVE
I PROMISE...

WHAT WILL YOU GIVE TOMORROW?
KARIMA, WHAT WILL YOU GIVE TOMORROW?
I DON'T KNOW...
I HAVE NOTHING LEFT...

I GAVE EVERYTHING AWAY...
GIVE  AWAY A LIT BIT OF YOUR TIME TOMORROW
OH! I CAN'T PROMISE THAT
IMPOSSIBLE...

TIME I DON'T HAVE
NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT
THATS ALL GONE
GONE FOR EVER...

I GAVE IT AWAY YESTERDAY
WITHOUT THINKING...
I GAVE IT ALL AWAY...
ITS GONE...

NOW I HAVE ONLY ONE DAY TO GIVE
AND TODAY IS NOT THE DAY
TOMORROW I WILL GIVE
I PROMISE...

YOU ALWAYS KEPT YOUR PROMISE KARIMA
YOU ALWAYS DID...
BUT YOU HAVE NOTHING LEFT FOR TOMORROW
YOU WILL BREAK YOUR PROMISE

 TOMORROW...
TOMORROW YOU WILL BREAK YOUR PROMISE
FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN YOUR LIFE...

TOMORROW, KARIMA
TOMORROW, YOU WILL HAVE NOTHING TO GIVE
I DO.  I HAVE SOMETING TO GIVE TOMORROW
I PROMISE...

I WILL GIVE MY SADNESS AWAY
I WILL PART WITH MY SANESS TOMORROW
I  WILL THROW IT AWAY IN THE DUST...
I PROMISE.......................

DUST

DUST

LOST IN HER SADNESS
KARIMA STOPPED NOTICING PEOPLE AROUND HER
VERY SON SHE REMOVED HERSELF FROM THE VICINITY OF PEOPLE
NOW SHE WAS ALL ALONE BY HERSELF  ,OST OF THE TIME
HER SADNESS STAYED.

AROUND PEOPLE SHE FELT HER SMALLNESS
ACTUALLY SHE MADE HERSELF SMALL AROUND PEOPLE
BUT HER SENSE OF SMALLNESS STAYED
SOMETIME SHE WONDERED ABOUT HER SADNESS

MOST OF THE TIME SHE IGNORED IT
AND SOMETIMES, SHE ACKNOWLEDGED IT
BUT IT NEVER REALLY DISTURBED HER
IT BECAME HER CONSTANT COMPANION

THE SADNESS, I MEAN
WHEN SHE LOOKED IN THE MIRROR IN THE MORNING
THE MIRROR REMINDED HER OF HER SADNESS
THEN SHE STOPPED LOOKING AT THE MIRROR

SHE BROKE ALL MIRRORS IN HER HOUSE
WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL SHE ADORED MIRRORS
SHE STOOD IN-FRONT OF THEM ALL DAY
LOOKING AT HER PETITE FIGURE

LOOKING AT HER DARK BROWN EYES
LOOKING AT HER FULL RIPE LIPS
ADMIRING HER JET BLACK VELVETY HAIR
ADMIRING HER OLIVE COMPLEXION

MORE OLIVE THAN REAL OLIVES
SHE LOVED OLIVES
SHE NIBBLED ON THEM
WHEN HER ADULT FAMILY MEMBERS DRANK MARTINI'S

SHE WOULD ASK FOR THE OLIVES AND HER ADULT RELATIVES
WOULD GIVE IT TO HER
WHEN SHE GREW UP SHE NEVER DRANK MARTINI
IT REMINDED HER OF HER DEAD RELATIVES

MAYBE HER SADNESS WAS BECAUSE OF THAT?
THE MISSING  MARTINI'S AND THE MISSING OLIVES
SHE COULD GO TO THE MARKET AND BUY SOME
BUT SHE LOST THE TASTE OF OLIVES

AND HER COMPLEXION WAS NOT OF OLIVE SHADE ANYMORE
IT WAS PALE AS THE PALE, VERY PALE LEMONADE
SHE USED TO DRINK LEMONADES WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG
BUT NOW IN THE WINTRY CITY

WHERE SHE LIVED, THE COLD LEMONADE WAS
TOO COLD FOR HER TO DRINK...
IT HURT HER TEETH
AND THE TASTE HAD ALREADY DISAPPEARED

SHE LIKED HOT DRINKS
BECAUSE SHE WAS ALWAYS COLD
THE COLD WEATHER MADE HER MORE SAD
AND IT WAS ALWAYS COLD

WHY DID SHE LIVE IN THE COLD COUNTRY?
BECAUSE SHE HAD NO OTHER PLACE TO GO
SHE HAD NO  HOME ANYWHERE ANY MORE
EXCEPT A SMALL ROOM WITHOUT MIRRORS

WITHOUT OLIVES
WITHOUT LEMONADE
WITHOUT THE WARMTH OF A COMPANION
BUT DID SHE WANT A COMPANION?

NO, NOT ANY MORE
FOR A WHILE SHE DID
SHE WANTED A RELATIVE OR A FRIEND NEARBY
BUT NOT ANY MORE...

SHE REMINDED HERSELF CONSTANTLY
THAT SHE WAS NOT ALONE
NEVER ALONE
SHE HAD SOME ONE

SOMEONE VERY DEAR TO HER
ALMOST AS DEAR AS HER DEAD RELATIVES
AS DEAR AS THE WARMTH OF THGE HOT SUN
AS EAR AS THE HOT COCO...

SHE WOULD TALK TO HER COMPANION
CONSTANTLY
DAY AND NIGHT
ALL NIGHT

AND HER COMPANION WOULD INSTANTLY SHOW UP
ACTUALLY WAS ALWAYS THERE BEHIND HER
HER SHADOW EVEN IN THE DARK
HER SADNESS WAS ALWAYS AROUND

TO REMIND HER
THAT THE SADNESS, SHE WAS SO LOST IN
WOULD NEVER ABANDON HER
NEVER....

NEVER TO DAY
NEVER TOMORROW
NEVER DURING THE DAY
NEVER DURING THE NIGHT

HOW FORTUNATE WAS KARIMA
SHE HAD THE BEST FRIEND
ANY ONE CAN EVER...HAVE
IN A CITY WHICH WAS SO LONELY

YES, THE CITY SHE LIVED IN
WAS VERY LONELY
ALL IT'S INHABITANTS
SEEM VERY LONELY

LONELY AND SAD
WAS TO BE WITH HUMAN WARMTH
THAT POSSIBLE?
YES,
BECAUSE EVERY ONE'S RELATIVES WERE DEAD

AND GONE FOR EVER
AND THHE CITY WAS COLD
COLD AS ICE
SLIPPERY...

IT WAS MORE OF A REASON
FOR PEOPLE OF THIS CITY
TO BE WITH OTHER SADNESSS
BUT THEY WERE AFRAID

AFRAID OF OTHER HUMANS
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GET HURT
THEY HAVE BEEN HURT BEFORE
THEY DIN'T How are you?VE THE STRENGTH

TO BE HURT AGAIN
SO THEY REMAIN LOST
IN THEIR SADNESS
LIKE KARIMA...

THEY WOULD RATHER BE
LOST IN SADNESS
IT WAS MORE COMFORTING
THAN PEOPLE

THEY DIDN'T KNOW KARIMA
KARIMA DIDN'T KNOW THEM EITHER
BUT THEY UNDERSTOOD
EACH OTHER'S SADNESS

AND DECIDED TO NEVER GET RID OF IT
THAT WAS ACTUALLY A GOOD CHOICE
WHY GET RID OF ONLY THING YOU HAVE?
WHY NOT ENJOY IT?

WHY NOT EMBRACE IT?
WHY NOIT CHERISH IT?
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG
FOR THEM TO BE LOST IN THEIR SADNESS....

BY
BINA SHARIF
copyright:biasharif Dec, 2019

















SHE COULD

Thursday, December 19, 2019

ANY TIME OF THE DAY

ANY TIME OF THE DAY

SHE WAS WHISPERING

SO AFRAID OF SOMETHING

SHE COULDN'T TALK

IN A LOW WHISPER SHE SAID,

"I AM BUSY."

AND SHE IS A FOREIGNER

FOREIGNERS DO NOT GET OFF THE PHONE SO FAST

BUT SHE IS NOW VERY AMERICANIZED.

SHE HAS AN AMERICAN LOVER

I LIKE AMERICANS

THEY ARE VERY DIRECT

UP-TO THE POINT

NO BULLSHIT

"CAN'T TALK.  VERY BUSY."  THEY SAY

THAT TAKES CARE OF IT

THAT TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING

I NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS TOO.

FAR TOO MANY THINGS NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF

BUT I CAN NEVER SAY SO ABRUPTLY,

"CAN'T TALK, SO BUSY."

BECAUSE I AM A FOREIGNER

I JUST THINK

I DON'T DO

I JUST THINK

I THINK TOO MUCH

TOO MUCH THINKING IS NOT GOOD

I THINK ALL THE TIME

BUT THINKING IS NOT PART OF BEING BUSY

DOING SOMETHING IS PART OF BEING BUSY

DOING SOMETHING IS,"BUSY"

"DO SOMETHING"

"WHAT"

"SOMETHING"

"I DON'T KNOW."

"WHAT IS THAT?"

"WHAT'S WHAT?"

"I DON'T KNOW."

"YES, I DON'T KNOW.  I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING."

"I WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOU SHOULD DO."

"TELL ME."

"DON'T THINK, DON'T TALK"

"DO WHAT THEN?"

"TEXT."

"TEXT?"

"YES, TEXT, BE MODERN.  YOU ARE IN NY.  YOU BEHAVE LIKE YOU ARE FROM

SOME REMOTE VILLAGE OF BANGLADESH"

"I AM NOT FROM BANGLADESH.  I AM FROM EAST VILLAGE."

"THEN BEHAVE LIKE ONE.  BEHAVE LIKE AN EAST VILLAGER.  YOU TALK LIKE YOU

ARE FROM TIMBUKTU. EVEN PEOPLE FROM TIMBUKTU ARE TEXTING. IT'S

PROGRESS. TECHNOLOGY IS PROGRESS."

"BUT IT'S TAKING HUMANITY BACKWARDS.  IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY

ONE'S VOICE WHY TEXT THEM AT ALL?  IF YOU DON'T WANT TO ANSWER THE PHONE

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO TEXT THEM? PEOPLE SO VERY PROUDLY SAY SAY, "OH1

NO- I NEVER ANSWER ANY ONE'S PHONE CALL.  IT'S AMAZING."

"ITS PROGRESS."

"IT'S MORAL DETERIORATION, SOCIAL DETERIORATION.  IT'S INDIFFERENCE

TOWARDS ALL THE SENSES.  INDIFFERENCE TO THE MELODIOUS SOUND OF HMAN

VOICE.  ALL SENSES ARE WASTED. TOUCH, SMELL, SOUND, TASTE, LANGUAGE,

CONVERSATION...ALL WASTED.  WE ARE IN A WASTELAND.

HUMAN BEINGS ARE NOT TALKING TO EACH OTHER.  THEY ARE NOT LISTENING

TO EACH OTHER.  THEY WOULD LOVE TO KILL EACH OTHER BUT ANSWERING THE

PHONE IS OUT.  THEY ARE ALL WIRED UP.  THEY DON'T HEAR ANY ONE, THEY DON'T

SEE ANYONE.  THEY ONLY SEE THE SCREEN OF THEIR TECHNOLOGY

CONGRATULATIONS TECHNOLOGY.  THE CIVILITY IS GONE, THE NEW HUMANITY

KILLED IT.  THEY ARE LIKE DEAD ZOMBIES WIRED UP AND WALKING AROUND ALL

ALONE AMONGST MILLIONS OF THEIR FELLOW MEN BUT ALL ALONE BY

THEMSELVES AND THEIR WIRES....AMAZING PROGRESS.  CONGRATULATIONS

TO THE ONES TEXTING, WALKING, NOT LISTENING, NOT TALKING, NOT FEELING,

NOT CONVERSING, ALL ALONE BY THEMSELVES...."



A VERY COLD AND DARK EVENING

A VERY COLD AND DARK EVENING

WHERE IS THE REST OF YOU, YOU A VERY COLD EVENING?

DID YOU JUST DISAPPEAR FROM SIGHT?

WHAT HAPPENED?

DID SOME ONE CHASED YOU AWAY?

WHO?

THE DARKNESS...

OH! THE DARKNESS CHASED YOU AWAY

HOW MEAN OF THAT DARKNESS

HOW DARE THE DARKNESS CHASED YOU AWAY

I THOUGHT OTHING ON THIS EARTH CAN EVER CHASE YOU AWAY

I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE LIGHT

YOU WERE THE SHINING LIGHT ON THE TOP OF THE HILL

TOP OF THAT HILL WHERE PEOPLE CLIMB ALL DAY TO FIND YOU

TO DELIGHT IN YOUR SHIMMERING LIGHT

TO DELIGHT IN YOUR SOOTHING BLUE LIGHT

TO FEEL ROMANTIC IN YOUR LIGHT, THE COLOR OF THE NILE...

TO FEEL YOU AE IN THOSE ANCIENT LANDS OF MONUMENTS, PYRAMIDS AND

PROPHETS...

WHERE HAVE THE PROPHETS GONE/

WHERE HAVE ALL THE PROPHETS OF THE WORLD GONE?

THERE IS SO MUCH DARKNESS WITHOUT THE PROPHETS

THERE IS SO MUCH DARKNESS WITHOUT YOU

I APPEAL TO THE PROPHETS TO COME BACK

WE MISS THEM

WE NEED THEIR WISDOM

THEIR DIGNITY

THEIR STRENGTH

THEIR SPIRITS

THEIR GENEROSITY

THEIR SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG

THEIR POETRY OF JUSTICE

THEIR SONG OF PEACE

WHERE DID THE PROPHETS GO?

CAN YOU COME BACK?

CAN YOU SHINE YOUR LIGHT ON THE PROPHETS SO WE CAN SEE THEM?

I KNOW THEY ARE SOME WHERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, HIDDEN IN THE

DARKNESS...

CAN YOU COME BACK SO THAT THE PROPHETS WILL BE VISIBLE AND THE LAND

WILL HAVE SOME MEANING LIKE BEFORE?

CAN YOU SHINE ON OUR LIBRARIES SO WE CAN READ SOME WONDERFUL BOOKS

WE ARE SO MUCH IN THE DARKNESS THAT WE SEE NOTHING BUT LONG AND DARK

SHADOWS OF DARKNESS...

CAN YOU SHINE ON OUR EARTH SO WE CAN SEE THAT IT'S FERTILE?

CAN YOU COME BACK AND SHOW US THE WAY?

WE ARE LOST

WE HAVE LOST OUR WAY

WE CAN'T SEE ANYTHING

WE ARE BUMPING INTO EACH OTHER

WE ARE HURTING EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE ARE SO MUCH IN THE DARKNESS

WE ARE NOT AT FAULT BUT WE HAVE LOST OUR LIGHT

YOU WERE OUR LIGHT AND YOU ARE GONE

WHERE HAVE YOU GONE?

WHY HAVE YOU GONE?

WHY WON'T YOU COME BACK?

HAVE WE DONE SOMETHING WRONG TO OFFEND YOU?

HAVE WE DONE SOMETHING WRONG TO ANNOY YOU?

HAVE WE DONE SOMETHING TO DISAPPOINT YOU?

YES, WE HAVE

WE HAVE LOST OUR WAY

WE HAVE LOST OUR STRENGTH

WE HAVE LOST OUR SOPHISTICATION

WE HAVE LOST OUR MORALS

WE HAVE LOST OUR DIGNITY

YES, WE HAVE LOST EVERYTHING WHICH IS DEAR TO GOD

WE HAVE LOST OUR CHARACTER.

BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE DARK.

YOU HAVE GONE AWAY

WE OFFENDED YOU

WE HURT YOUR FEELINGS

YOU SHOWED US YOUR LIGHT AND WE CHOSE DARKNESS

PLEASE COME BACK

IT'S TOO DARK WITHOUT YOU

WERN'T YOU OUR MOON?

THE MOST GLAMOROUS OF ALL LIGHTS

THE MOST PRECIOUS OF ALL THE LIGHTS

PLEASE COME BACK AND LIGHT OUR MOUNTAIN SO WE CAN CLIMB UP

WITHOUT ANY FEAR...

WE NEED TO MOVETHE DARKNESS OF IGNORANCE

MOVE UPWARDS

MOVE FORWARD

AWAY FROM THE ETERNAL DARKNESS OF IGNORANCE

AWAY FROM THE DARKNESS OF EVIL

AWAY FROM THE DARKNESS OF CRUELTY

AWAY FROM THE DARKNESS OF VIOLENCE

AWAY FROM THE DARKNESS OF HATE...

PLEASE COME BACK...

COME BACK, THE BEAUTIFUL MOON

BRING BACK YOUR SOOTHING, COMFORTING BLUISH LIGHT...

THE EVENING IS DO DARK

EVERY EVENING IS SO DARK LATELY

SO DARK, SO, SO SO DARK WITHOUT YOU...