Burning and melting,
Lightning but no thunder,
Tears dropping drown like icicles,
Freezing but not cool,
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My friend Akhtar, This time my reading the above did not leave me as satisfied as I apparently was years ago. How's doe it happen! ? : )
It gives enormous pleasure to revisit this wonderful poem.
This magnificent poem exemplifies your calibre as an outstanding poet... great!
......lovely starry poem JA SIR... you have on this new site not read me do pl
The fate of a candle can be personified To our life, beautifully like this poem
'm now on the periphery of time when soonly no one will know me nor read my Rhyme I won't any longer chime nor mime I bow to AKHTAR Jawad JANABH who brought me to Poem Hunter he alone was my mentor. the Bestest poet of Pakistan
'm now on the periphery of time when soonly no one will know me nor read my Rhyme I won't any longer chime nor mime I bow to AKHTAR Jawad JANABH who brought me to Poem Hunter he alone was my mentor. the Bestest poet of Pakistan all the best Abide With Me will ye
Revisiting this poetic gem. A marvelous poem embedded with rich imagination, creativeness and superb imagery. A one of a kind write.
Top class poem Akhtar. How beautifully how majestically your imagination roams around a candle! 10+
Death of a night is birth of a day, It’s not only moon and the stars, A candle too was burnt in a night, Beautiful expression. Much poetic. What else could be a better tribute to something that burns out for sure? Life is the candle here. Thanks for sharing 10+
During the night there was a special kind of illumination, self-generated by lovers. It shone into depths of the heart, where the glare of broad daylight cannot hold a candle to it. You have enshrined and imparted something of that illumination in the daylight medium of words.
An illuminating little piece of poetry! I love reading this fabulous piece time and again!
Deeply moving and powerfully painted! .. Thank you ever so much for sharing! .. Ever so many 10S! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ....................+++++
A poem of great depth. Timeless work of art. Wonderfully written.
She is a source of light, Light that cracked, The dark lonely night.....scintillating expression sir! A great poem! My pleasure revisiting this wonderful work!
AND I may never spell 'Akhtar' correctly the 'first time' next time! ! ! ;)))