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822 · Jun 2018
Evanescence
Gul e Dawoodi Jun 2018
As I walk out of this door
I promise myself not to look back at you
For you have already let me go
How easy it must have been for you;
As I never was 'the one' for sure
But I did leave a note; placed it under your pillow
It's a final word from me to you;
About how once we held each other dear;
And I did care then,
But now, I'm not sorry
And I hope you read it soon enough,
Before I fade away from your memory.
822 · Jun 2018
Mere Words
Gul e Dawoodi Jun 2018
You might just wanted to keep talking,
Just so you could pass some time
And it all made me fall for how concerned you are
But now I know I made a mistake;
For thinking about how close we are
No, I don't mind if you wish to leave
We had good times, I can cling to
But I hope in all this time;
Out of all the promises you made,
You meant to keep a few
806 · Dec 2014
Vow
Gul e Dawoodi Dec 2014
Vow
At the beginning of this year
Me and my life took a vow together
We shall not cheat on one another,
We shall play fair
I tried my best,
But life did what it always does
I lost more than what I lost in last year
So I took a vow at the end of this year,
Not to trust life
Because it's so unfair!
805 · Nov 2017
Extraordinary
Gul e Dawoodi Nov 2017
You and I are on the same page
In one way or another, we feel the same
As we see them walking through the corridors with their heads high;
We stand still, deep down our hearts sigh
We look down upon ourselves
feeling like some broken, old decorative pieces, but why?
I wonder if we haven't discovered the universe inside us
Maybe there's so much more than what lies behind;
These cool outfits and daily small talks
Or maybe we really are ordinary, fading in the background
Trying so hard to fit in but still being left out
803 · Aug 2015
The Other Side Of Pakistan
Gul e Dawoodi Aug 2015
You see me as a land of horror
A land of misery, a land of terror
But you should know I am much more than that
You should know that you're at error
The beauty of my mountains and
The vastness of my meadows
A perfect peace for those shattered
The bravery of my soldiers and the stories of my martyrs
A perfect example for those cowards
The hospitality of my people and the love for the visitors
A perfect happiness for those gathered
The four weathers and the mirth of seeing a clear night sky
A perfect trip for those who visit
There's much more but I have to end it here
I want you to come by yourself and discover!
Pakistan is not just about what you see in the news.
787 · Mar 2015
When it happens
Gul e Dawoodi Mar 2015
Skeletons walking and a scary scene
But I am used to it for I have seen
Myself with a mask of  pretension
It owns my soul and I am a slave now
But believe me if I do something wrong
I don't have any bad intention
Dislike me,hate me or just snub me
But you see the globe and it's  revolution
So when it all comes upon you
then just do the same without any hesitation
766 · Mar 2015
A Hope In Dismay
Gul e Dawoodi Mar 2015
Beyond measure lies the dismay,
Those broken inside out can not be happy any way
But worries can not be shunned,
They follow you as long as you stay
Pick up the brush of gratification,
And grey your life with felicity day after day
The hardest thing is to live such a life that gives you satisfaction and peace. The world does not gives you the right to live it the way you want but at least you can think of it.
Gul e Dawoodi Oct 2015
Remember how we all used to sit together for the dinner?
Tasted it equally whenever life offered something bitter
Well, I don't remember this, as it all never happened,
As the time passed, things got worse instead of getting better
The pain of each member here is individual,
No one knows how we can defeat the odds by sticking together
Elders have their own standards,
They don't let the young ones fly and cut their feathers
Ego burns within the hearts,
There is no respect and love; that matters
So, tell me how can someone find peace and comfort,
When the family gets scattered
746 · Dec 2014
Feelings
Gul e Dawoodi Dec 2014
They always tell their child,
Those feelings which cannot be expressed by words,
And can only be expressed by actions,
Are the best feelings one can ever have.
Who can love me more than my parents?
They don't just say it
They show it.
736 · Jan 2015
*And that's how it goes on*
Gul e Dawoodi Jan 2015
In a cold  night ,
Sitting by the fire ,
Thinking about the future ,
And regretting the past ,
I am living my present ,
And hoping for a good night.
Ps. Thinking about those things that are never gonna happen!
716 · Feb 2016
The Little Memories
Gul e Dawoodi Feb 2016
Blur images of the good old days,
Somewhere inside my head they play
My mind feeds on those memories to be happy,
As it all accompanies me on my way
The scent of those perfumes father used to bring for us,
And the sweet taste of chocolates on early mornings was a great joy
Good old friendship with pure intentions,
That's hard to be found today
I wish I could make it all happen again,
To bring those moments back how much do I've to pay?
That's not just what we call nostalgia
That's the thing about memories, that they always stay
713 · Nov 2015
Silent Scream
Gul e Dawoodi Nov 2015
Shout at me and I'll cry,
But soon this pain will die
Call me a disappointment and I wouldn't mind,
Add another regret to my life; I'll be thankful to you for being so kind
Spill out all your anger as I'm here,
These harsh words and this sharp tone, I can bear
Let me suffer from this disgrace alone
And let me question myself why I was even born?
As I sit in the dark to meet these thoughts
We share the misery that we both have brought
681 · Jul 2015
You'll be Remembered
Gul e Dawoodi Jul 2015
When I'll finally leave this place,
And the life will continue to move on with the same pace
You'll always be in my memories,
You'll always be there to fill that space
I know  I'll be forgotten by you,
But I'll always remember this face
A part of my life and a fragment of my dream,
Your laughter will echo in my ears; and these memories will chase
My Crazy fellows!
677 · Mar 2017
Will they Care?
Gul e Dawoodi Mar 2017
Don't we all wonder that even when we die
What will people think about us
What will they say?
Will they talk about our pretty faces and perfect smiles?
Or will they talk about how many times we lied?
Will they finally appreciate our inner beauty?
Or will they count all those years we lived by?
What have we done to make ourselves count after death?
Will they remember our names after a day?
But as I think more about this; my head starts exploding
For a person so invisible; so diffident
It's painful to swallow that even his death won't make any difference.
663 · Apr 2015
Pain Leads You To Him
Gul e Dawoodi Apr 2015
They say;
no  pain  no  gain
But I don't see any gain
I tried to find it
I thought it might be present in the courts
So I looked for justice
But couldn't find it
I thought it might be present in the
Hard work
So I looked for success
But couldn't find it either
So when I was tired,
I bowed down before my Lord
I asked if I haven't suffered enough pain?
Do I need to suffer again?
I cried,
Asked for help
Cried for peace
My Lord smiled at me and replied:
Dear  child  I  know  you  tried
and  now  you ­ are  tired
but  as  you  see  this  is  all  what  made you  close  to  me
this  is  the   gain
and  that's  why  all  of  this  had  to  ­be
And now I know  as I have untangled this  cord
Your life is the story about you and your Lord
That's not a poem actually. ..it's just a reminder that you need to trust God and love Him for He is the only one who is there for you when the whole world is against you. The pain and the situations,they all lead us to our God and we all experience this at least once in our lives.
657 · Mar 2017
The Old Rant of My Heart
Gul e Dawoodi Mar 2017
There are gloomy sunsets;
And sometimes even the moonlight is enough
A home far away from the place where I live
A scar from the past which I never had
"Maybe  I've  lived  through  this  feeling  bef­ore"
I say, as I try to find a way to escape the castle of my thoughts; a secret door
As much as I feel terrible;
As much as this life has become a riddle,
I wish I could do better to make everything okay
The masks behind which I used to hide, have become a reality today
Who I am now is not what I dreamt myself to be,
Or maybe I never knew what I really wanted to become
You know our lives are so preplexed,
It's difficult to guess, what comes next.
646 · Apr 2018
A letter to My Heart
Gul e Dawoodi Apr 2018
Dear heart, stay calm
Don't make me run so fast
Oh eyes, whom do you want to see?
Who's behind the door?
There's no one
The wounds have turned into scars
They don't bleed anymore
So why do you think;
Someone will care to come?
Sit silently and smile, as if;
There's no feeling to be freed,
No tale to be told.
637 · Apr 2015
Departure Of Life
Gul e Dawoodi Apr 2015
I saw his life departing from this world
Who knew that the shadow of death was following him like a whirl
I saw his life arriving at a new station
Who knew he had a ticket of which he didn't have any notion
He departed without saying goodbyes
Who knew for he was too young to leave these joys
I saw how helpless a human is about his life
Who knew that this world is nothing but a disguise
My brother's friend died a Sudden death by an electric shock. I have seen him and he was like he is not going anywhere.  Or at least not so early. He was young and strong. But these Sudden deaths are reminders . That we are Mortal and we should not forget our reality.
634 · Jun 2015
Things left unsaid
Gul e Dawoodi Jun 2015
Unheard songs are most beautiful
Unseen beauty is most attractive
Untold story is most interesting
Unshared sorrows are most painful
Let me ask if you would like to sing to me the sweet melody?
If you would like to let me see the fulgurant beauty?
If you would like to let me hear the unheard echoes?
If you would like to let me know the meaning of grief?
Let me in
Open the door
Don't be afraid
You'll feel better, for sure
Because  you  have  got  every  right   to  be  happy
Dear,  you  don't  need  to  be  ­depressed    *anymore.
P.S whenever you are feeling down:
Be nice to yourself and don't forget to hug a potato.  ^-^ lol. Joking.
634 · Jun 2016
Not Alone
Gul e Dawoodi Jun 2016
I tried to pick flowers but my hands only reached out to the thorns;
Because I kept thinking my hands are not the right place for them to belong
I tried to split my vein into two;
but could not
Because something always held me back from being such a coward
I tried to be a different person from who I was yesterday;
And someone held my hand to uplift me,
silently
We are not alone even if we don't see anyone around us. There's someone way more close to us than we think. And that someone for me is my 'God'.
626 · Jan 2015
You Live For Others
Gul e Dawoodi Jan 2015
Desire** is yours yet you **** it for others,
What you want,
And what you need,
Depends on what others think,
Life is yours yet you live it for others,
And if you fail to do so then,
Why to blame society?
When it's your family !
We spend our entire life thinking about what others want from us and keep trying to fulfill the demands of our family to keep them happy and content.  And in all this struggle we fail to live our own life.
625 · Jan 2018
Counting days
Gul e Dawoodi Jan 2018
Every day is like
Falling into a deep pit,
waiting to hit the ground
Hoping to reach home safe and sound
On my way, I tell myself;
"This  void inside  needs to be filled;
Somethings in life need to be fixed"
No one near me, seems to get a hint
So I keep it that way;
hide it all behind a wall
For even if they knew,
There's nothing much they could do
I see how they complain;
Still manage to live their life to the fullest
Maybe this is an art, I need to learn
Just to get rid of this pain
Cause God knows
How long will it take,
For everything to be better again.
618 · Jan 2015
A Message To The West
Gul e Dawoodi Jan 2015
Humanity* these days sounds like fantasy ,
Where there is a world of *Justice
, respect and equality ,
Here's the truth fellow!
You don't know anything,
The place where you live,
Is a place of dreams and longings,
You keep your hopes alive,
Even if someone comes and kills you with a knife,
You hope that it doesn't hurt
But it does!
You say they are not humans,
nor their religion is a religion,
They **** others to keep their faith alive ,
But you think it's okay to make fun of the feelings of billions of lives,
You call it Freedom  of   Speech ,
So they have an excuse of what they did
And they call it Freedom of action,
It may give them satisfaction,
But here's another side of the picture
What those Muslims did in france,
Made   Muhammad  happy ? No  chance!
Muhammad always went through this disrespectful  behaviour , from non Muslims during his life,
But always sent   blessings  on them,
instead of cursing them,
You still say you'll draw cartoons ?
I say for the sake of your Lord
Don't act  like  fools ,
That day shall too arrive,
When you'll see the result of those who misguide
I don't support what had been done in Paris.
But I also don't support what Paris was doing.
Muhammad PBUH never gave Muslims  the right to **** non Muslims just because they disrespect our Messenger but he PBUH taught us to be gentle and kind towards them and guide them about right things.
We don't need to **** in order to strengthen our faith.
But you also have no need to do these kind of foolish acts to show your moral values. Respect others and be respected.
-A Message To The West
598 · Feb 2015
Heading Towards The End
Gul e Dawoodi Feb 2015
Some days have passed and I am left with a few
Torn pieces of my life can not be sewed
Those gone far away from us have come to know
Life is too short,don't waste it to show
Closing my eyes and listening to the rhythms my heart makes
How fast the time passes, it can't be chased
Lost still I am and my fellow beings
But they only realize,when their back leans
592 · Apr 2015
The Tangled Thoughts
Gul e Dawoodi Apr 2015
This world, these creatures and me
I wonder if all of this is a dream
Where I  run on a road of darkness
Trying to follow  that gleam
So I may finally get out of this atrocity
Where I can not even scream

I do not know if I can achieve
These set points and goals
I do not know if I can win
In all of this struggle
It's like being in a world of wizards
When you know you are a muggle

But still I have to try
I have to breathe
Uh! I Hate Myself for over-thinking.  
This makes me go crazy most of the times.
577 · Dec 2017
Sojourner
Gul e Dawoodi Dec 2017
I am, but just another soul
Not meant for this world
So why am I here, covered with skin?
What do I've to do during this sojourn?
For I am baffled with the idea of life;
As I grow older, I capture moments
I make memories, build a home
And when I finally sit down,
To cherish what I've done so far;
All of it is gone.
569 · Jan 2016
A Glimpse Of My Past
Gul e Dawoodi Jan 2016
On a long road that led to the past,
I kept walking until I fell apart
Regrets made me bury myself in the ground,
Each wrong deed of mine hurts like an open wound
Searched for the good deeds that I must have done,
So in the hell I wouldn't have to burn
Oh but my life said it's time to leave,
Death is waiting for us in the grave
Suddenly, I woke up from my dream,
Took a deep breath and saw the sun beams
A sign that I was still alive,
A sign that I could make things right
About a man who sees a dream about how wrong he had done in the past that he can't find any good he had done and suddenly his time ends.
564 · Apr 2015
What If?
Gul e Dawoodi Apr 2015
What if?
I want to embrace you and you push me away
What if?
All I want from you is to stay
What if?
I disappear one day
What if?
This is the last goodbye I say
What if?
I  become nothing but clay
What if?
Without me your life moves on anyway
what if?
I stop expecting and quit this play
what if?
This all makes you feel gay
529 · Dec 2015
Hoping For A Good Day
Gul e Dawoodi Dec 2015
Little did I know that this winter is going to take away all the smiles
The brightest star wasted away before my eyes
At the end of this year, life made me realize
How fast the time actually flies
This miserable life of mine has always got worse
But I promise myself to keep my hopes high
In these cold gloomy nights as I sit in front of fire
I wait for bright summers to wave this sadness goodbye
515 · Apr 2015
Burning Papers And Roses
Gul e Dawoodi Apr 2015
When all the diaries and roses were burnt
And the pictures were torn apart
Then she finally learned
That these are no memories she made
These can never be enough to hate
The truth had been revealed to her heart
That each time a dead leaf falls
A new one  takes its place anyway
And the tree of her love
shall remain green till the death day
Broken soul had to move on
with the silent wounds of her heart
With a smile on her face
And with the sparkle in her hazel eyes
she welcomed life to burn her soul away
Once again.
513 · Jun 2015
The Night Sky
Gul e Dawoodi Jun 2015
In*  the  night  when  the  moon  arrives
The  sta­rs  welcome  the  queen
They  seem  so  happy 
 a­s  they  twinkle  and  pass  smiles
I  wish  I  ­could  join  their  celebrations   for  a  while
The  night  sky  looks  like  a  ­heavenly  city
In  the  saddest  nights  the  moon­  seems  divine
I  wish  and  I  only  wish
   ­when  the  earth  rejects  me
This  sky  would  s­olace  me
  and  tell  me  that  everything   is  *fine
The only thing that makes me happy when I feel sad and alone.
501 · Feb 2017
Strangers in the End
Gul e Dawoodi Feb 2017
I fail to see what's hidden behind,
Smiles, and faces so good at pretending
Long have I been familiar with these names ;
But this unfamiliarity is never ending
Felt the warmth of compassion as long as we talked
Then, their shadows faded and left me thinking;
Is this what they mean by amity  ?
To be held close for a moment;
And then be left alone the other second
And as I dug deeper and deeper I found,
These memories that I hold on to
Are nothing but a bunch of  **good byes
497 · Dec 2016
Suffocation
Gul e Dawoodi Dec 2016
Crowd of people suffocates me,
Chokes my throat and I can't utter
All I see is smiling faces;
Laughters and echoes are all I hear
But they fail to see my existence,
As if I'm not present there
Nor can I make a sound,
Unable to be found
Trying so hard to over come this struggle;
I cry with silent tears
Sometimes, it's hard to control anxiety and you don't even know where it comes from.
497 · Mar 2015
He Wants To Live The Life
Gul e Dawoodi Mar 2015
Lost in his thoughts, a fearful boy he was,
Couldn't perform well because he said so depressed he was,
When they asked him about his fear,
He told them,he would soon be dead
as life doesn't seem to be fair,
No purpose of life there was for him,
He believed he wouldn't be good enough ,
and his insecurity was so firm,
Then one day he realized the purpose of his existence,
He met someone who cheated him ,
but gave him a reason to think in a new direction,
And then and there, he finally found a reason to live,
A reason to love life, a beautiful gift
When the life seems so dull and purpose less and you feel like you are numb , then there comes a point in life where  some people give a new meaning to your life.
491 · Nov 2017
If You Stay
Gul e Dawoodi Nov 2017
Oh my darling,
Listen to the song of love
My heart pours out for you
The melody of winter blues

As long as we are here
Sitting beside the fire
I can tell you a thousand stories
And make you forget how to blink

Silence is the gift of night
To hear the rhythms of heart
And to explore the land of thoughts
Only if you care to understand

So promise that you won't leave
Hold my hand till the sunrise
Live these moments and breathe in
The magic of this cool breeze
480 · Dec 2014
Why People Leave?
Gul e Dawoodi Dec 2014
Lying in my bed at 9:00 pm
Recalling the sweet memories,
Some people gave me
A smile appeared on my face,
A tear ran down my face
That feeling of helplessness,
Took away my happiness
My mind was filled up with questions,
Why this all happened?
Why they had to leave?
These questions didn't let me sleep.
Good thing happen seldom
Good people leave often
But leave behind them sweet and unforgettable memories.  <3
But this is really  hard to understand why this all happens?
474 · Feb 2018
Lifetime
Gul e Dawoodi Feb 2018
I am here, breathing...
Living the days I've been promised
So as I travel from dawn to dusk,
There are countless things;
I might have missed

I carry on my chest, a burden of regrets
And run on a road full of thrones,
How I wish;
that all this pain would be enough,
To pay the price of my sins

Cause life does not spare anyone,
And now it's my turn.
471 · Sep 2017
Network
Gul e Dawoodi Sep 2017
In the race of likes and shares
Our minds are tangled in wires
Trapped in a network of webs
Tapping screen till our thumbs hurt
Seeking the pleasure; that we shall never get
I wish we had not become the zombies we are today
Depending on tech and calling it a need
Disconnecting ourselves from what is important;
Just to make our lives easier, a never ending greed
We forgot to look away from the white curtains
Showing us an illusion;
providing us a temporary escape from our burdens.
460 · Feb 2015
Stronger Than Ever
Gul e Dawoodi Feb 2015
That*  angel  with  a  broken  wing
Sitting  on    broken  swing
Trying  to  hide  her  pain
So  ­that  she  may  gain
The  power  to  fly  again­
But  suddenly  it  rains
And  her  wing  grows  ­again
So  shiny  and  bright
Like  a  very  stro­ng  light
Now  I  see  her  flying  in  the  sk­ies
Higher  than  ever  she  *glides
People come and go.
Some break your heart and some heal it.
But in the end it's just you!
Never let yourself be their toy.
Be strong because you are precious.
402 · Dec 2014
Why so lame?
Gul e Dawoodi Dec 2014
In the quest of finding out what I really am inside,
I am losing what I have,
And now I realize that I have already lost,
What I had and now,
I don't know what I was searching for.
I know that makes no sense.You might think that it is not a poem.And you are right!  That's not.  :) these are only my lame thoughts.
368 · Oct 2014
In a Corner
Gul e Dawoodi Oct 2014
At parties or at school,
Where everybody enjoys,
She sits in a corner with shiny eyes,
That shine is a gloomy tear,
Full of darkness and despair!
351 · Oct 2017
What is Life?
Gul e Dawoodi Oct 2017
All my thoughts and all of my poems;
end up on the exact same line
Do we keep stumbling over the rocks till we die?
Or does everything at the end turns out to be fine?
Are we becoming who we wanted to be?
Or are we mere puppets tied to strings?
What life tries to teach us as we live?
Since all I see is struggle as I wait for time to be kind.
351 · Dec 2014
Thank God
Gul e Dawoodi Dec 2014
Thank God for blessing us with,
What we deserve and what we don't
Thank God for taking things from you,
To bless you with something more precious and worthy
Just thank Him with the true spirit
And then just watch because you wouldn't have to wait!
K! This isn't a poem. But something worth sharing And yup! Point to ponder bcz...we always complain for what we don't have but never say thanks for what we have.
342 · Dec 2014
That's Just Okay
Gul e Dawoodi Dec 2014
I see bloodshed of innocents every day but that's okay,
I see their families mourning for them but that's okay,
I see their mothers still waiting for them but that's okay,
I see those tears and pain every day but that's okay,
I see how they try to sympathize them with money but that's okay,
I see how senseless and emotionless we have become but you know what?
THAT'S JUST OKAY!
And maybe that's because we don't care for ourselves anymore.
318 · Oct 2014
Don't Know!
Gul e Dawoodi Oct 2014
Don't know why
Don't know what
Nights are cold
Days are dull
Cold and dull strikes my skull
Deep down in my soul
There is a hole
I can't control
The anxiety in my soul
#emptiness #dullness

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