Poetry for the soul & wit for mind
If, O God…
If, O God, all that could have been mine
I too would have lived a life like You
Would have seen each one and heard everyone
Everyday I would have sat in Judgement upon each one
I would have lived in every heart, within each soul
Every direction would have resounded with my name
These talks of the world, best thrive here only
I will come up to heaven and meet You in embrace
Gar Khuda… by Sandeep Silas ‘deep’ in Saada Khayal (2009)
Yearning
I lived through the days of life in yearning
This Sun would have set sans your thoughts
I was gifted a treasure since I found you
An excuse I found to preen myself each day
To say some words I found a friend
To write some letters I began a tradition
Your coming made a blossom bloom
One storm subsided and another arose
Aas by Sandeep Silas ‘deep’ in Saada Khayal (2009)
Indifference
I bowed before my indifferent beloved and saw
I reached the heights of love again and again and saw
I called out to her so much more and saw
I went on burning in my own fire of love and saw
I kept on stopping, stooping, and stifling myself and saw
I kept on writing letters of love, pouring out my heart and saw
I held hands, walked along the road and saw
Amidst prayer I opened my eyes in Church and saw
Go on lighting a bed of embers in front of my feet
Keep on sewing my chest with threads of pain
Go on, make my destination again a mirage
I have the heart of a sculptor, I am unstoppable
Berukhi by Sandeep Silas ‘deep’ in Saada Khayal (2009)
