Poems 2006

Why Lord

Posted by Ehsan on 21 Jun 2006 at 0:48 in Poems 2006 | 0 comments

Why Lord, Do You place me in a garden of sweets Fill me with hunger and desire And then forbid me from tasting? Why Lord, Do You build what I destroy Destroy what I build And then strip me of from all but You? Why Lord, Do You set me on fire Then go hiding And let me search in despair? Why Lord, Do You make the thirsty Reveal an apparent fresh fountain But make it a mirage when I am to drink? Why Lord, Am I given nothing from wanting But given this world and the next When I am exhausted from wanting in vain? Why Lord, Am I created as your slave But from truly serving You I become a Lord? Why...

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I never understood what love is

Posted by Ehsan on 25 Mar 2006 at 0:50 in Poems 2006 | 0 comments

I never understood what love is until you appeared in my dreams I never understood what love is until you held my hand and smiled I never understood what love is until you walked with me back home I never understood what love is until I smelled your scent in every flower I never understood what love is until you travelled away without me I never understood what love is until I cried in solitude after you I never understood what love is until I saw your eyes drowned in tears I never understood what love is until my entire existence hurt when you fell I never understood what love is until my...

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the Sun

Posted by Ehsan on 26 Feb 2006 at 1:00 in Poems 2006 | 0 comments

She said: “You love the Sun more then me” I said: “My love for you is of a different shape” She said: “But you still love the Sun more” I said: “Listen dear, cry not, and bring me not to tears. Without the Sun, I would not be a moon, then who would sleep in your sea at dawn? Without the Sun, both of us would be in darkness, then who would be your lamp at night? Sleepless nights I am awake, wander and seek, a handfull of sunrays to keep me shining on your sky, So please darling, do not utter such words again as you and I are one soul but in two...

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