Saturday, January 31, 2009

Beneath the Cairn


Buried in the mountain, very steep

Of bricks and stones dangerously deep,

Praying to God for something meek,

I lay awake for a week.


The injuries and weight made me insane,

I was almost dead with scare and pain.

I tried my best to lift the cairn,

But all my efforts just went in vain.



Since that shake, till that day,

No rescue came, to my dismay

With nothing to do or to say,

I closed my eyes and slept away.


Then I woke up once again

This time without scare or pain

On spotting waterfalls and pretty plains,

I realized, to heaven, I came.


Composed on:

October 30, 2005

at 1:30 am!

3 comments:

  1. very nice, maryam, very very nice.

    for October 8th earthquake victims, right?

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  2. Yes Amna! I had written it for Pinnacle actually.

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  3. Very nice and well composed. :)

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