The Missing Treasure Of This Sinking Vessel
Poet: Shahbaz Ahmed khaskheli By: Shahbaz Ahmed, thatta,karachiThe Missing Treasure Of This Sinking Vessel
On The Seafloor, Where It Would Nestle
Against The Base For Years It’d Lay
Patiently Waiting For That Special Day
When I Would Come To Claim My Prize
Hoping The Chest To My Surprise
Would Hold The Heart That I’ve Been Missing
The Talks, The Laughs, The Hugs, The Kissing
That Day Has Come And Now I’ll Find
What Lies Ahead, No Longer Behind
I’ve Searched Through Darkness, To The Deepest Sea
And Found That Chest Staring Back At Me
What Lies Inside, I Do Not Know
Unlock The Latch And Open Slow
I Peek Within, With Nerves I’m Shaking
The Prize Inside Could Stop The Aching
Cause Within The Chest That I’ve Searched For
I Found The Heart And Even More
The Talks, The Laughs, They All Were There
The Hugs, The Kisses, For Me To Share
The Most Beautiful Treasure I’ve Finally Seized
Did Not Imagine I Could Be So Pleased
I Searched So Long Through The De
کس بات کی آخر جلدی ہے کس بات کا پھر یہ رونا ہے
دنیا کے مصائب جھیلنے کو مالک نے بنایا ہے جیون
آرام بھلا پھر کاہے کا پھر کاہے یہ سونا ہے
بے مقصد جینا کہتے ہیں حیوان کے جیسا جینے کو
انساں کے لیے تو یہ جیون یارو پر خار بچھونا ہے
دشوار سہی رستہ لیکن چلنا ہے ہمیں منزل کی طرف
منزل کی طلب میں عاکفؔ جی کچھ پانا ہے کچھ کھونا ہے
