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The World Behind my Window Curtain
Slipping a hand behind the veil
Pushing it aside to steal
A glance at hearts that no longer feel
The world behind my window curtain
Where hands that give and souls that care
Where words that help you live and bear
No longer stir out there
The world behind my window curtain
Where greed prevails and kind acts fade
Where lives of selfishness are made
Where our conscience we have betrayed
The world behind my window curtain
Where misery is captured in each eye
Where misery is carved on each wry
Where misery hangs in depths of sigh
The world behind my window curtain
Where hunger rattles empty bones
Its dinner bells that call for stones
Where bare pots echo painful moans
The world behind my window curtain
Where no one dares to speak a thought
In fear of being unjustly caught
Where liberty robbed and silence bought
The world behind my window curtain
Where emotions on fire of fate would sear
Where intense a life with doubt and fear
Where disappointment awaits its tear
The world behind my window curtain
Where sun hurries the end of day
As if it couldn't bear to stay
Where the moon in shadows often lay
The world behind my window curtain
For this we deserve that cloudy sky
Which rains ash of hopes that die
Upon which dry eyes silently cry
The world behind my window curtain
I drop my hands and the curtains fall
To cover feelings words and all
While buried lives in despair still call
The world behind my window curtain
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This is a very beautiful poem. It really captures so much feeling and really creates a live picture as you read it. I personally think it is one of the best poems I have ever read. Thanks for sharing.
Mashallah! A thought provoking poem! Very well expressed and so true to what is happening around us. I pray that we become a part of the world that u expressed in the lines : "where hands that give.... "
U have a beautiful talent that u must pursue IA. May Allah give u success in it. Ameen.
Thank you very much for the kind words, Aunty. I'm very happy you were able to read my poem and thought well of it. I appreciate your comment very much.
Have a wonderful day...hajar
