Wake

Do you see through my lies?
do you see through the sand?
the truth won’t ever vanish,
the oasis won’t ever tarnish.

Light from far, death when near,
Scream gone, love is all you hear.

Do you settle for it is fate?
do you love for you can’t hate?
do you love for it is divine,
you’re a tumor malignant benign.

Wake and see,
the damage you’ve done,
crawl and see,
the grave you dug for fun.

What happens when you stutter,
what happens when you fail to be,
will this dogma help you then?
or just hold you from being free?

In writing I play,
these notes, these scales,
In seclusion I pray,
these thorns, these nails.

It’s an idea, that is made to sell,
good is heaven, bad is hell,
only when you wake and see,
is when you can solemnly tell.

Wake for you should not sleep,
laugh for you should not weep.

One for the falter, and one for the gains,
and one for the effort that will bow down..
…in vain.

Picture by Hasan Alam

~ by Hashim Nauman on June 28, 2010.