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Dec 2014 · 498
i refuse!
tufa alvi Dec 2014
death surronds
my heartbeat's slowing down
i will not be saved
i know
but,
i wont take this worlds abuse
i wont give  up
i refuse!
Nov 2014 · 347
Untitled
tufa alvi Nov 2014
my smile does not mean that my life is perfect............
its justabout the hope that,
one day it will be........
Oct 2014 · 461
Patience
tufa alvi Oct 2014
If thou speakest not I will fill my heart with thy silence and endure it.
I will keep still and wait like the night with starry vigil
and its head bent low with patience.
The morning will surely come, the darkness will vanish,
and thy voice pour down in golden streams breaking through the sky.
Then thy words will take wing in songs from every one of my birds' nests,
and thy melodies will break forth in flowers in all my forest groves.
Oct 2014 · 450
Leave This
tufa alvi Oct 2014
Leave this chanting and singing and telling of beads!
Whom dost thou worship in this lonely dark corner of a temple with doors all shut?
Open thine eyes and see thy God is not before thee!
He is there where the tiller is tilling the hard ground
and where the pathmaker is breaking stones.
He is with them in sun and in shower,
and his garment is covered with dust.
Put off thy holy mantle and even like him come down on the dusty soil!
Oct 2014 · 437
Flower
tufa alvi Oct 2014
Pluck this little flower and take it, delay not! I fear lest it
droop and drop into the dust.
I may not find a place in thy garland, but honour it with a touch of
pain from thy hand and pluck it. I fear lest the day end before I am
aware, and the time of offering go by.
Though its colour be not deep and its smell be faint, use this flower
in thy service and pluck it while there is time.
Oct 2014 · 401
Purity
tufa alvi Oct 2014
Life of my life, I shall ever try to keep my body pure, knowing
that thy living touch is upon all my limbs.
I shall ever try to keep all untruths out from my thoughts, knowing
that thou art that truth which has kindled the light of reason in my mind.
I shall ever try to drive all evils away from my heart and keep my
love in flower, knowing that thou hast thy seat in the inmost shrine of my heart.
And it shall be my endeavour to reveal thee in my actions, knowing it
is thy power gives me strength to act.
Oct 2014 · 1.0k
Little Flute
tufa alvi Oct 2014
Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail
vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life.
This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales,
and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new.
At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in
joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable.
Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine.
Ages pass, and still thou pourest, and still there is room to fill
Oct 2014 · 251
mind without fear
tufa alvi Oct 2014
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up
into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason
has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action---
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
Oct 2014 · 384
a moment's endulgence
tufa alvi Oct 2014
I ask for a moment's indulgence to sit by thy side. The works
that I have in hand I will finish afterwards.

Away from the sight of thy face my heart knows no rest nor respite,
and my work becomes an endless toil in a shoreless sea of toil.

Today the summer has come at my window with its sighs and murmurs; and
the bees are plying their minstrelsy at the court of the flowering grove.

Now it is time to sit quite, face to face with thee, and to sing
dedication of life in this silent and overflowing leisure.
Oct 2014 · 314
Endless time
tufa alvi Oct 2014
Time is endless in thy hands, my lord.
There is none to count thy minutes.

Days and nights pass and ages bloom and fade like flowers.
Thou knowest how to wait.

Thy centuries follow each other perfecting a small wild flower.

We have no time to lose,
and having no time we must scramble for a chance.
We are too poor to be late.

And thus it is that time goes by
while I give it to every querulous man who claims it,
and thine altar is empty of all offerings to the last.

At the end of the day I hasten in fear lest thy gate be shut;
but I find that yet there is time.
Oct 2014 · 703
chain of pearls
tufa alvi Oct 2014
Mother, I shall weave a chain of pearls for thy neck
with my tears of sorrow.

The stars have wrought their anklets of light to deck thy feet,
but mine will hang upon thy breast.

Wealth and fame come from thee
and it is for thee to give or to withhold them.
But this my sorrow is absolutely mine own,
and when I bring it to thee as my offering
thou rewardest me with thy grace.
Oct 2014 · 335
closed path
tufa alvi Oct 2014
I thought that my voyage had come to its end
at the last limit of my power,---that the path before me was closed,
that provisions were exhausted
and the time come to take shelter in a silent obscurity.

But I find that thy will knows no end in me.
And when old words die out on the tongue,
new melodies break forth from the heart;
and where the old tracks are lost,
new country is revealed with its wonders
Oct 2014 · 210
maps
tufa alvi Oct 2014
I miss the taste of a sweeter life
I miss the conversation
I’m searching for a song tonight
I’m changing all of the stations

I like to think that we had it all
We drew a map to a better place
But on that road I took a fall
Oh baby why did you run away?

I was there for you
In your darkest times
I was there for you
In your darkest nights

But I wonder where were you?
When I was at my worst
Down on my knees
And you said you had my back
So I wonder where were you?
When all the roads you took came back to me

So I’m following the map that leads to you
The map that leads to you
Ain't nothing I can do
The map that leads to you
Following, following, following to you
The map that leads to you
Ain't nothing I can do
The map that leads to you
Following, following, following

I hear your voice in my sleep at night
Hard to resist temptation
'Cause something strange has come over me
And now I can’t get over you
No, I just can’t get over you
Oct 2014 · 415
Let's make out
tufa alvi Oct 2014
f I could live forever then
I don't know what I'd do
Forgot just what I meant to say
But I'm still in love with you
The future sounds boring
Without the one you love
So while we're here in here and now
Can we have some fun

Let's make out
(Ooo-Ooo-Ooo)
Oct 2014 · 215
when can we do this again
tufa alvi Oct 2014
When can we do this again?
When can I see you again?

Switch on the sky and the stars glow for you
Go see the world 'cause it's all so brand new
Don't close your eyes 'cause your future's ready to shine
It's just a matter of time, before we learn how to fly
Welcome to the rhythm of the night
There's something in the air you can't deny

It's been fun but now I've got to go
Life is way too short to take it slow
But before I go and hit the road
I gotta know, 'til then,
when can we do this again
Oct 2014 · 5.5k
the wicked postman
tufa alvi Oct 2014
Why do you sit there on the floor so quiet and silent, tell me,

mother dear?

The rain is coming in through the open window, making you all

wet, and you don't mind it.

Do you hear the gong striking four? It is time for my brother

to come home from school.

What has happened to you that you look so strange?

Haven't you got a letter from father today?

I saw the postman bringing letters in his bag for almost

everybody in the town.

Only father's letters he keeps to read himself. I am sure the

postman is a wicked man.

But don't be unhappy about that, mother dear.

Tomorrow is market day in the next village. You ask your maid

to buy some pens and papers.

I myself will write all father's letters; you will not find

a single mistake.

I shall write from A right up to K.

But, mother, why do you smile?

You don't believe that I can write as nicely as father does!

But I shall rule my paper carefully, and write all the letters

beautifully big.

When I finish my writing do you think I shall be so foolish

as father and drop it into the horrid postman's bag?

I shall bring it to you myself without waiting, and letter by

letter help you to read my writing.

I know the postman does not like to give you the really nice

letters
Oct 2014 · 340
when day is done
tufa alvi Oct 2014
If the day is done,

if birds sing no more,

if the wind has flagged tired,

then draw the veil of darkness thick upon me,

even as thou hast wrapt the earth with the coverlet of sleep

and tenderly closed the petals of the drooping lotus at dusk
Oct 2014 · 446
twelve o'clock
tufa alvi Oct 2014
Mother, I do want to leave off my lessons now. I have been at my

book all the morning.

You say it is only twelve o'clock. Suppose it isn't any later;

can't you ever think it is afternoon when it is only twelve

o'clock?

I can easily imagine now that the sun has reached the edge of

that rice-field, and the old fisher-woman is gathering herbs for

her supper by the side of the pond.

I can just shut my eyes and think that the shadows are growing

darker under the madar tree, and the water in the pond looks shiny

black.

If twelve o'clock can come in the night, why can't the night

come when it is twelve o'clock?
tufa alvi Oct 2014
There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all of his cash in a bucket.
But his daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man
And as for the bucket, Nan took it
Oct 2014 · 454
lets make out
tufa alvi Oct 2014
If I could live forever then
I don't know what I'd do
Forgot just what I meant to say
But I'm still in love with you
The future sounds boring
Without the one you love
So while we're here in here and now
Can we have some fun

Let's make out
Let's make out
Oct 2014 · 368
faces
tufa alvi Oct 2014
sometimes ur casual
sometimes ur a flower
plucked out from heaven
sometimes ur ****
all boys at your feet
u have a million faces
u have a zillion moves
u wanna be everything
u wanna be all of you
be you.............
Sep 2014 · 941
shut up & drive
tufa alvi Sep 2014
I've been looking for a driver who's qualified
So if you think that you're the one step into my ride
I'm a fine-tuned supersonic speed machine
With a sunroof top and a gangster lean

So if you feel me let me know, know, know
Come on now what you waiting for, for, for
My engine's ready to explode, explode, explode
So start me up and watch me go, go, go, go

Got you where you wanna go if you know what i mean
Got a ride that smoother than a limosine
Can you handle the curves? Can you run all the lights?
If you can baby boy then we can go all night

Cos I'm 0 to 60 in three point five
Baby you got the keys-

Now shut up and drive
Sep 2014 · 712
boxers
tufa alvi Sep 2014
theres going to be fun at night
when the moon shall shine
to hell with suits
just show up with your short  boxers
Aug 2014 · 537
When I shout it out loud
tufa alvi Aug 2014
This ain't a song for the broken-hearted
No silent prayer for the faith-departed
I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd
You're gonna hear my voice
When I shout it out loud
Aug 2014 · 313
crystal grass
tufa alvi Aug 2014
Walking at the side of the dawn
And who am I seeking
Falling from the ground
To the sky
But the fall never seems to end.......
Aug 2014 · 318
Shadows fill an empty heart
tufa alvi Aug 2014
Shadows fill an empty heart as love is fading
From all the things that we are but are not saying
Can we see beyond the scars and make it to the dawn?

Change the colors of the sky and open up to
The ways you made me feel alive, the ways I loved you
For all the things that never died
To make it through the night, love will find you

What about now? What about today?
What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?
tufa alvi Jul 2014
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
See, the sea wants to take me
The knife wants to slit me
Do you think you can help me ?
Jun 2014 · 691
its just cooler
tufa alvi Jun 2014
all men must choose
between two paths
good isthe path of nobity,heroism honour
evil.....well
its just cooler
Jun 2014 · 327
stuck in the same situation
tufa alvi Jun 2014
what will it sound like when u die
that creepy sound
footstep  all around
someone will call
i pick up the phone
i hear screams
'help' 'help'
'its going to **** me'
& right after that
the phone got diconnected

& here i am now
stuck in the same situation
Jun 2014 · 364
your and mine
tufa alvi Jun 2014
How's this relationship of your and mine,
It doesn't have a face and yet it's so deep.
These moments, these moments like silk..
We shouldn't lose them.
The caravan of time, let's stop it.
Now they  shouldn't get separated from the heart..
Jun 2014 · 264
your streets
tufa alvi Jun 2014
You sleep in my sleep,
You cry in my tears.
There is your whisper in my thoughts,
Even when you're not there, you are there.
You're the result of my pain..
They're the wishes of my heart, your streets
Jun 2014 · 207
Untitled
tufa alvi Jun 2014
Unless we share someone's pain,
We don't get separated from our own pain and pain doesn't get separated from us.
Jun 2014 · 471
pilgrimages
tufa alvi Jun 2014
Here only my days end.
Here alone the mornings begin.
Here I have to live and die.
Here are all my pilgrimages.
Jun 2014 · 3.4k
faithfulness in this world
tufa alvi Jun 2014
When I went out in search for faithfulness in this world

I got to know that I’m searching on the wrong address

When I went out in search for faithfulness in this world



After whose coming my life had become complete

Happiness was benevolent upon me, all my shortcomings were fulfilled

Why did I get punished without any reason?

Why after giving me dreams, she took them all away?

If I continue living on, I feel like I’m torturing myself

She made a fool out of me in such a way

When I went out in search for God in her heart

I got to know that I’m searching on the wrong address

When I went out in search for faithfulness in this world
Jun 2014 · 199
Untitled
tufa alvi Jun 2014
My mad mind can think till you only,
My whole youth is limited to you only..
My story ends in you,
My story ends in you alone..
Jun 2014 · 415
you, you, you
tufa alvi Jun 2014
Don't stare at me with such a focused gaze
We're both with fragile hearts,
me and you.. you, you, you, you..
Jun 2014 · 389
till u alone
tufa alvi Jun 2014
Each of my insistence is limited to just you,
all my childish behavior is limited to just you,
My mad sight looks just till you,
till you, till you alone............
Jun 2014 · 681
corset
tufa alvi Jun 2014
This corset of mine, keeps on to
stick, pounce, slip over me..
This drape of mine,
keeps slipping of my body..
Jun 2014 · 1.2k
cuckoo
tufa alvi Jun 2014
when the night begins, the heart gets tempted,
the chest makes a rhythm of heart beats
The cuckoo of my heart makes noise,
waking in me the fire to meet my beloved..
Jun 2014 · 2.7k
did u here
tufa alvi Jun 2014
I can't live without you now,
What's my existence without you..
If I get separated from you,
I'll be separated from my own self..
Because you alone are,
Now you only are,
life. You're my life.
My peace, and my pain,
you alone are my love..
How's this relationship of ours,
I don't like distance of even a moment
Every day, I live for you
All my time is for you..
There shouldn't be a moment of mine without you,
There is your name on every breath..
For you, I lived
I have given myself (to you)
Your faith [actually means 'my love for you' here] took care of me
Took all the sorrows from (my) heart
With you my fate is attached,
Getting you, Nothing is incomplete (within me, I got completed)..
Jun 2014 · 906
destination
tufa alvi Jun 2014
when we started walking
the roads started walking with us
now,the roads are feeling better than the destination
b'cos u are with me
Jun 2014 · 334
should be forgiven
tufa alvi Jun 2014
mischevs  of the eyes
should be forgiven
they connect through a connection
the thing that the mouth cant say
these say to you
eyes's mannerlessnes
should be forgiven
by seeing you
they drop their petals
May 2014 · 366
NEVER 2 LATE
tufa alvi May 2014
This world will never be
What I expected
And if I don't belong
Who would have guessed it
I will not leave alone
Everything that I own
To make you feel like it's not too late
It's never too late

Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it all around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late

No one will ever see
This side reflected
And if there's something wrong
Who would have guessed it
And I have left alone
Everything that I own
To make you feel like
It's not too late
It's never too late
May 2014 · 771
can't escape this HELL
tufa alvi May 2014
I can't escape this hell
So many times i've tried
But i'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
May 2014 · 507
the star room
tufa alvi May 2014
But me, I'm still trapped inside my head I kinda feel like it's a purgatory
So polite and white, but I got family who would ****** for me
Think I'm living paradise, what would I have to worry 'bout?
Dealing with these demons, feel the pressure, find the perfect style
Making sure my mom and dad are still somewhat in love
All these backfires of my experiments with drugs
And I experience the touch of my epiphany in color form
The difference between love and war inform me I'm above the norm
But, give me anybody though, I'll gladly chew his face off, them bath salts
Rhymin like it's summertime on asphalt, hot
Haven't picked a major label think I'm black balled
I still don't got the heart to pick my phone up when my dad calls
Will he recognize his son when he hears my voice?
I put this music against my life, I think I fear the choice
And I don't know what I'm running from, but I'm running still
I conversate with acquaintances, but it's nothing real
I'm from a city that you hear and think a bunch of steel
So a hundred mills wouldn't make me sign a ******* deal
Money kills, that's the truth, it's called the route of evil
But I want that Rolls Royce that the homie Lennon drove
So, if you ain't talkin' bout some money I'ma send you home
Unconventional, special but unprofessional,
Adolescent expression that's lettin' me meet these centerfolds
As troubles fill my mind capacity I let them go
If I was Johnny Depp in Blow, I would let it snow
That's just me all wylin' out and being extra though

And, if God was a human it'd be yours truly
Watching horror movies with some foreign groupies, thinking this decor suits me
I do drugs to get more loopy, I'm in tune to ancient jujitsu spirituals, it's blissful
Looking out as far as eyes can see
I'm glad that me and this elevation could finally meet
I think I'm JFK's final speech
They try assassinating all of my beliefs
But I'm asleep so whisper to me for the peace of mind
And he be high some **** to grind on top a Jesus shrine
Twenty thousand on my watch cause I needed time
If y'all would leave me the **** alone, that'd be divine
Can't decide if you like all the fame
Three years ago to now it's just not the same
I'm looking out the window ashing on my pane
****, I wonder if I lost my way
May 2014 · 986
R&B back
tufa alvi May 2014
Yo Donell you know whats up
Kept putting you down but you rose back up yeah
Joe told you to ride with me
We had street dreams but you kept s-s-s-stuttering
Craig David was walking away filling you in about his last 7 days yeah
Bump and grind with my man R Kelly
It's getting hot in here take your clothes off for Nelly Yo

There once was a time when music was life
The rhythm and the bass made me feel so right
Take it back to the time it was R&B;
Back with all my homies in the SUV
Take it back to the times we rocked a G-Shock
With the jeans hanging low, and the air force ones
Take it back to the times you would chill with your boo
Usher made me wanna get freaky with you
Take it back to the times when we fell in love
With music, we gotta bring the R&B; back
We gotta bring R&B; back
We gotta bring R&B; back

Yo jagged edge where the party at?
Walked outta heaven now we're bringing it back
TLC didn't want no scrubs
Independent women don't be falling in love
Say my name say my name
Cos my girl Beyonce got me going crazy crazy
Oh Blackstreet ya got no diggity
Room one twelve where the players get jiggy with it

There once was a time when music was life
The rhythm and the bass made me feel so right
Take it back to the time it was R&B;
Back with all my homies in the SUV
Take it back to the times we rocked a G-Shock
With the jeans hanging low, and the air force ones
Take it back to the times you would chill with your boo
Usher made me wanna get freaky with you
Take it back to the times when we fell in love
With music, we gotta bring the R&B; back

We're take take taking it back
Take take taking it back yo
We're take take taking it back
Take take taking it back yo
We're take take taking it back
Take take taking it back yo
We're take take taking it back
Take take taking it back yo

Bring back the music
Take it back to the music
Let's go back to that time
Baby try to rewind
And let's go
Let's go
Let's goooo
Let's go and take it back
There once was a time when music was life
The rhythm and the bass made me feel so right
Take it back to the time it was R&B;
Back with all my homies in the SUV
Take it back to the times we rocked a G-Shock
With the jeans hanging low, and the air force ones
Take it back to the times you would chill with your boo
Usher made me wanna get freaky with you
Take it back to the times when we fell in love
With music, we gotta bring the R&B; back
We gotta bring R&B; back
May 2014 · 387
the devil's sea
tufa alvi May 2014
im travelling towards
the devils sea
i reached
the end or the peak
i seek the hounds of the seas
there so scary
any one would flee
but I will stay
& they will belive
im the 1
who will................
May 2014 · 1.4k
Highway to hell
tufa alvi May 2014
Livin' easy
Lovin' free
Season ticket on a one way ride
Askin' nothin'
Leave me be
Takin' everythin' in my stride
Don't need reason
Don't need rhyme
Ain't nothin' that I'd rather do
Goin' down
Party time
My friends are gonna be there too
I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell

No stop signs
Speed limit
Nobody's gonna slow me down
Like a wheel
Gonna spin it
Nobody's gonna mess me around
Hey satan
Payin' my dues
Playin' in a rockin' band
Hey mumma
Look at me
I'm on the way to the promised land
I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell
Don't stop me
May 2014 · 391
counting stars
tufa alvi May 2014
she went to her house
we had fight
its been 5 days
my heart feels numb
i feel like hugging her
i cant believe i cry'd
i went to her house
to bring her back home
but now shes dead
& i will spend all my life
counting stars..........
in this dome
May 2014 · 1.2k
5 years ago
tufa alvi May 2014
5 years ago
i met a girl
she started to love me
but she didn't say

yet i was cold hearted
but its warm like the sun now
now she is leaving
& i'm standing steady & stow
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