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Monthly Archives: May 2012

Arise Dear Friend!

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Novid Shaid
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Arise my friend!

And contemplate the Real World

For I need your help as time is running out

If I have no companion here to help me,

My eyes will close

Then sleep will cast me out.

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Posted in Poems, Sufi/Mystical | Tagged real world, sleep, true nature | 3 Replies

Where did you go last night?

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Novid Shaid
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He arose with gleaming eyes and the traces of last night
still smouldering from the ardour of the tryst.
From her side of the bed, she sat up, carefully observing
Pangs of suspicion swelling, sensing some foreboding:

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Posted in Poems, Sufi/Mystical | Tagged ardour, beloved one, layla | 1 Reply

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