Any Questions?

"Any Questions?" by Fayyaz Minhas.
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In our world...
People who question the direction of science are called unenlightened by the intellectuals.
Intellectuals who question the direction of faith are called heretics by the faithful.
The faithful who question the direction of modern morals are called backward by the modern.
The modern folk who question the direction of politics are called separatists by the politicians.
The politicians who question the direction of the military are called traitors by the patriots.
The patriots who question the direction of justice are called criminals by the law-givers.
The law-givers who question the direction of inequality are called out of line by the law-makers.
And so goes on the people's labeling of other people...
But most questions are left unanswered.

Grave love

While we live, Let's love each other!
You can curse me for all my 
shortcomings, mistakes, misdeeds
one grave to another!
-Fayyaz

"لا اله الا ھو!"
--
او فراموش' مدہوش سن!
حقیقت مَیں!
نکتہ مَیں ' دائرہ بھی مَیں 
کُل؟ مَیں
جزو؟ مَیں!
آسمان اور زمیں کے بیچ
اسکی مرضی' مَیں!
اس اکیلے کے ساتھ ساتھی' مَیں!
اسکی آنکھوں میں خود کو دیکھنے والا' مَیں!
مَیں کے رستے اس کا متلاشی' مَیں!
مدہوش مَیں! فراموش مَیں!
اسکی محبّت میں محبّت' مَیں!
مَیں!
میں اپنے تخیل کا قیدی
دو دھڑکنوں بیچ مردہ' میں
دو سانسوں کا طول میں!
گوشت کا ایک لوتھڑا میں
خون کا ایک قطرہ میں!
مٹی میں بھری روح میں!
روح سے نکلی خاک میں!
عکس مَیں
عکاس وہ!
آیینہ وہ! روشنی وہ!
آنکھ وہ!
بینائی وہ!
بصارت وہ!
میں حرکت میں ایک سایہ!
وقت وہ!
تنہا میں' دوست وہ!
میں اور تو کی تکرار
وہ!
(فیاض منہاس)

To be

"To be" by Fayyaz Minhas.
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A multi-sourced income that pays
for a black dress that shows just the right amount
of a girl who tastes like strawberries
nestled in your arms in a
A car that warms your butt on a cold night
and drives on both octane and electricity
From a house with an infinite pool
on a street that has just the right shade
of tarmac and leads to a
cafe that serves a brownie and coffee
in the price of a week's groceries
Where you could find people
Talking seriously
about sending their kids to boarding schools abroad
to fulfill "their dreams"
of being entrepreneurs with their ingenious
scheme of making an app for monitoring
the soakedness of organically sterilized tampons
For women empowerment
And scale Everest
or sail around the globe in a soap bubble
towards the end of their corporate lives
and be remembered as the greatest humans
to have ever died!