Firoze Shakir Poet - Frozen Time

Thursday, June 13, 2013

begging
with a camera
barefeet
soul covered
in pain and dust
corroded cosmic
fate ..he shoots
what he must
blood sweat
tears .. spirit
that wont rust
god gave him
a parched throat
may god quench
his thirst from bad
to verse.. death
waiting anxiously
to take him back
home in a hearse
man a product
of his surroundings '
a blessing and a curse

Mother I Finally Understood Why You Cover Your Face ..

Mother I Finally Understood Why You Cover Your Face .., a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

i am not at all amazed
the pain of begging
your hope on my
survival based
Allah benevolent
omnipresent
munificence
Allah be praised
we are beggars
first and last
those who give us
charity we hope
he answers their
prayers ..we know
he cares ..with him
our own sorrows
we share ..mother
me an unfortunate
pair ...as it rains
misery gasping
for fresh air

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Gateway Of India Doorway To Mumbai

Gateway Of India Doorway To Mumbai, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

who wants
to see it
turn into
shanghai
mumbai
the heart
beat 'of
mother
india
the beauty
spot in her
eye ..
mumbai
a bird
in sheer
flight
slums
shanties
skycrapers
dizzy heights
1001 mumbai
nights ..queens
necklace
blinking lights
from the rains
flooding waters
no respite
potholed roads
vanishing pavements
flesh and soul
poetic fights
colored chaos
soothing blacks
n whites ..pepsi
coca cola evergreen
spite ..Pepsi diet

Mother I Finally Understood Why You Cover Your Face ..

Mother I Finally Understood Why You Cover Your Face .., a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

being helpless poor and beggars
is the tragedy of our race ..
where rich muslims for poor
muslims have no time or space
it is only during ramzan
that charity comes our way
through us they want
god to hear their prayers
our fate is what scares
to be sitting outside
mosque ..though god
is everywhere ..