Ali Qureshi

Ali Qureshi Feb 2017

It feels like I'm high,
Don't try to comprehend.

It's a vast sea, a deep ocean
It pulls you in; thoughts
They drown you!
You gasp for breath.
Wide awake, I plead:

Oh sleep! please come
I'm waiting for you
My sweet, sweet love,
Let me rest.

Let me catch my breath, and
Please, Oh! Please;
Let it be. Let it be.*

Written by Ali Qureshi
Next in the series "Insomnia - The 3rd" (part 3/4)

The second poem, in the Insomnia series, from a total of 4 poems based on the topic of Insomnia, of course.

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Ali Qureshi Feb 2017

Your Beauty

The more I write about your beauty,
the more the words fail to describe it.

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Ali Qureshi Feb 2017

Loving You!

For all days and nights,
May the day be hot or hazy and
The night moonless or moonlit,
**I have loved you... *always.

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Ali Qureshi Feb 2017

Insomnia - The Dreadful

When did I last sleep?
I do not remember.
I try to recall
Where am I? oh yes!
I'm here. I'm home.

Good, Good. Take a breath.
Take your time.
It happens as such;
Every now and then
Breathe and let it be.

It's an overflowing sea
My mind just can't stop
Spilling fluids, neurons
Firing. Ah! it stopped
I wonder! I think and think.

What was I thinking?
Are you really reading?
Should you read?
Should I write?
Does it matter?*

Take a breath.
Let it be.
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Written by Ali Qureshi
Next in the series "Insomnia - Back Again" (part 2/4)

This is the first part in a series of poems that I wrote all under the heavy influence of an Insomnia spell, I had a month back or so.

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Ali Qureshi Feb 2017

Poetry of an Insomniac

I gaze, poetry.
I think, poetry.
I feel, poetry.

Tell me, oh tell me,
What is this?
What is this sorcery?

My hands are shaking;
It is overwhelming.
I keep on writing;
Hands don't know of ceasing.

Stop! I yell; within my mind.
You know they are leaving,
My words, somewhere behind.

Now they stop,
Oh now they move
Tell me, Oh tell me,
Who did this?
Who put you in a groove?

Funny is it? Yeah?
Good Good.
Take a breath.
Let it be.
*Leave me be.

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Ali Qureshi Feb 2017

Writing (A Senryu)

Practicing my prose
Poetry and penmanship
Writing whatever

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Ali Qureshi Feb 2017

A Poet

a poet is born
in a world devastated
a ray of light shines

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