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i sometimes fear that i can never be yours,
the sinking feeling of facing closed doors,
where there is no space for me,
where there is no space for you,
in this cruel world where these truths are excruciatingly true.
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i often think of this path we have chosen,
fingers slipping away as we slip on the cold earth so frozen,
where i shall always be the outsider, forever more,
a stab that strikes at my deepest core.
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i wonder how i shall traverse these thorny alleyways,
knowing you and i shall love each other always,
but what becomes of a love akin to parallel lines that will never meet,
with just this ink pouring words on an empty sheet.
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we are torn apart by this gaping hole,
you are where you are, i am where i can never be whole.
i sometimes fear that i can never be yours,
for wherever i look, i end up facing closed doors.
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Most wonderful and lovely
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Dhanyavaad mere respected Jay Bhai
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This is what I can not write down at the moment. So thank you for doing it. Great!!
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many humble thanks for you kind and generous words. they mean a lot and are deeply moving.
Peace my friend β
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we are torn apart by this gaping hole,
you are where you are, i am where i can never be whole.
Just two lines from an absolutely stunning poem by Afzal, truly beautiful π
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oh man – thank you brother as always. deeply appreciative and warms my heart.
Always peace and always hope
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What an awesome poem Afzal π
I loved it all, and yet these three lines spoke volumes …
with just this ink pouring words on an empty sheet.
we are torn apart by this gaping hole,
you are where you are, i am where i can never be whole.
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Thank you as ever dear dear true friend! #PLUR
As ever I am deeply moved and touched and humbled that my scribble touched and moved you. It really is deeply moving.
My very warmest of wishes and love to you and to all those dear to you.
Peace man always peace β
#PLUR
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#PLUR always back to my Brother, always π
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Mutual love seems so rare, but here, I find it in abundance. Many couples around me who have known each other all their lives and find their greatest joy and friendship in each other. It is the gift of a lifetime.
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it really is a gift of a lifetime and how fortunate for those who find it – it must be so wonderful to see such love all around you.
warmest wishes and peace β
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It is such a gift to witness it and if I hadn’t come here and seen it so often, I don’t think I would believe it existed. I never found it. All the best, peace. π
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how true. and I am so happy to hear that the move to where you live now has been so positive in so many ways.
Peace my friend. Always
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It is the home I didn’t even dare to dream of and I am so grateful. Peace.
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I am happy beyond words. truly happy that you have found your place of peace and joy. It is so rare and I really am happy for a friend to have found this and to experience the warmer parts of human nature and of a place
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I wish it for everyone. Alas, there are so many greedy people who are obsessed in controlling things and destroying all of nature. It evokes such pain and saddness. Peace.
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it does evoke pain and sadness in a world that as gandhi said “the world is big enough for everyone’s need, but not for everyone’s greed”
we shall continue to hope and to try and make the small differences we can to help making a change – however small it may be
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Oh I do love that quote and thank you for sharing it. I shall have to use it, without a doubt. Your poetry is so beautiful and sensual, it is a reminder of the beauty that has not yet been destroyed but, alas, at risk.
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your words – your sentiments – your kind and gracious being is a breath of the freshest air – especially your honesty. thank you for your very generous words about my scribbles. deeply felt beyond words – the thread that connects us all is felt within me
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I can feel your gentle way in your poetry. You are a kind soul whose feet travel gently upon the land. With what is going on in the land of my birth, it is reassuring to know that there are still some men with a conscience. I left years ago and many people I know are looking for where they might go. You scatter tranquility in your words as petals in the wind.
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you do truly offer praise to me that is not at all earned by me mon ami. I am but a man of flesh and blood and bone who only seeks to appreciate the beauty of our world and the kind and warm people that inhabit it with us. Unfortunately there are men, almost always always men, who are driven by the need for power in whichever form – power over a woman or power over a vast country – the greed and power and influence of such MEN must always be protested and spoken out against if we are to truly call ourselves human. the land of your birth is no different from here or almost everywhere where the greed and grotesque abuse of power by MEN besmirches what it means to be a true human being. Merci beaucoup mon ami and once again thank you for your very kind words but I am just a man – nothing more at all. If you don’t mind I want to share the following scribble with you –
a wish for you … …
May your smile never fade,
may you always be as you are now,
warm and kind,
true and filled with the generosity of spirit that defines you,
may your dreams soar into the boundless open skies,
and may the benevolent fingertips of time and of fate,
brush away any tears that should fall from your gentlest eyes.
May you forever stand tall,
may your head always be held high,
with stoic dignity.
May your past experiences be the stepping-stones that mark your path ahead,
may your heart be your guide,
your blazing beacon of wildly enthusiastic hope,
may your wishes be simple,
and may they come to be,
filling your life and your moments,
with joyous bliss,
where you truly feel free.
Free of the weight of yesterday,
free of gnawing doubt,
and may your being be infused,
with the softest serendipity,
so that you may spread your arms,
and to the heavens shout,
I am free,
I am me,
at long last,
I am standing tall,
never again to bow,
or to fall on bended knee.
This is a wish both simple yet elusive,
a wish that only you can make true,
by simply being,
the kind,
warm,
gentle person,
that is you
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You are generous my friend. My wishes, except moving here, have always been simple and it takes little to make me happy. I am thrilled with the sunshine, the stars and the beauty that surrounds me. What more could I ask for? I am rich!
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you indeed are rich – and so few people appreciate the things you appreciate – my warm and tender and gentle friend. stay as you are always.
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Yes I am and so very grateful. My wish is that everyone could be so rich. I can’t be anyone but who I am.
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wonderful and true
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erm and no, I am not being generous
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Mais oui monsieur!
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βπ»βπ»
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Painfully beautiful , beautifully painful. Superb π
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thank you very much dear friend. deeply appreciated are your generous words of warmth.
Peace always β
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So So beautifully written Afzal. You are truly gifted π
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you are truly generous. thank you and warmest wishes.
Peace β
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This is beautiful, sad but beautiful.
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thank you for your warm and generous words. deeply humbled.
Peace β
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