With Brazen Eyes Vacant and Cracked
With brazen eyes, vacant and cracked
And parched tongue stuck out for a drop,
I waited far too long for you Love
Come embrace me for I am gone.
In my primordial existence and this life
With a body of a youth and rusted mind
I leaped through age and reached dotage
Bypassing the exuberance of unseen prime.
Corners of my eyes hold mermaid tears
Dearer to me than the elixir of life
Have turned stony in their bony sockets
While I lie under the scorching sun
And my lips contort in a rainbow-smile.

A world we carry inside our hearts
Where black hailstorms wreak havoc
A world is there where you live my love
Beautiful, alluring and full of love
But I have gone too far to come
Standing on the threshold of nihilism
Life-in-death and death-in-life.
Sweetheart, your big black eyes may not
Turn me from my chosen path
The wind that wantons with your hair
May not summon my soul from there
I had longed for the world I entered now
It’s harsh, blighted and full of snow
To gloat and cherish over your world
It’s better to feed the worms of underworld
For there my flash will suffer only the bite
Whilst here my soul was blackened as night.

With your voice calling me in whispers
And excruciating pain wrings my veins
I hail the world that receives with love
Adieu a world that deceives with love.
Qasier Ali Khan
19-08-2015