In our time we lived together,
An extended family with love forever,
Grandparents,uncles,aunts and cousins, me and you,
We learned to bond,respect the elders too.
Not the parents but the whole family cared for your upbringing,
No hassles,  everyone intermingled lovingly.
Then families separated,one son remained in the main house with parents,
The parents were highly respected and looked up to,
They were counsellors and advisors too.
But, in these modern times of high tech and working wives the whole scenario  has changed,
Wife is busy earning money,
extra baggage (parents) she cannot manage,
Send them off  to old people's homes,
Who cares for the old bums.
Our parents together our children were our priority,
Our children have forgotten their responsibility.
Wives run the home, have the last say,
Everybody grows old, soon it will be their day,
Extra baggage,
Learn to manage.

If death comes
It is a quick and easy one.
Ameen.
20/8/2023

A promise,
Friendship,
And relationship,
Cause once broken,
There is only silence
11/3/2021

Music is within us,
The beat of the heart,
The lyrics in the mind,
The orchestra in our larynx.
19/9/2023

If you desire to be wanted,
Rob a bank.
5/10/2023

Today at last I met my lost love,
Though our lips were silent,
Our eyes spoke all.
I whispered,"Did you miss me?"
He gasped in torment and gathered me in his arms.
31/3/2019

When a person is talking to you,
Listen to his silence,
It will give you another story,
It's like reading his innermost soul.
21/9/2019

Treat problems as an art of life,
Life will be easier.
9/3/2021

Never underestimate the power of women,
If they have the last say in any argument,
Imagine what they are capable of.
3/4/2021

When you don't want,
Seek,
Or chase after materialistic things.
15/8/2022

Want to fight?
Want to argue?
Want a reply back?
Read my lips,
SILENCE.

Read the Holy Book and your heart will blossom,
Pray everyday and your face will enlighten,
Do good deeds and your life will be blessed,
Learn and teach to GIVE.
3/5/2019

As food is to nourishment of the body,
Feeding others is to nourishment of the soul.
12/10/2023

Is a drug,
Like all drug addiction ,
You have to come out of your comfort zone.
10/1/2024

My loneliness and I often talk about you,
If you had been here,
You would have talked about this and that,
Gossiped,
Made me laugh,
How this or that would be,
If only you were here.
8/8/2019

Provoked me to love him.
21/5/2024

I never knew the true value of basic needs
Food ,clothes and shelter,
Until I aged and became wiser
I let go of expectations and  wants,
And filled them with contentment.
Now with a few other necessary needs like medicine, transport,
A refrigerator to keep my ice creams ,
And a T.V. ,
Cause when it's on I feel I have company.
Life has become simple and sweet.
Most importantly I have stopped complaining,
And have learned to accept my pain,
That way people around me are happier.
17/10/2022

When I am dying,
I beg no crying.
Angels will be around me,
No one can see.
Sit with me,
Call the family,
All pray for me.
Read the Quran as much as you can,
To ease my pain.
The Angel of Death will take my soul,
Again I implore no one should howl,
Only pray, pray my soul flows out,
Smoothly like a drop of water from a spout.
Bid me farewell with love,
As it leaves,my soul will hover above,
To bid you adios!

My dad married a beautiful model,
Every morning she looks into the mirror and says,"I am beautiful."
Really?
What about from inside.
9/6//2019.

My daughter screamed,"I hate you,
You are not my mum,
Sorry dear I am your mum,
From the day I conceived you,
A gift from Allah,
Stamped and certified by Him as your mum.
I am not your magazine to browse through,
Not your mobile that you charge and use me as you wish,
Or change as and when you want to,
Nor am I your footwear,
That you can have as many pairs as you want,
Neither am I your cook,
Nor your driver or your ATM card,
That you can cash whenever you want.
Whether you like it or not,
I am your MUM,
A relationship  that can never be erased or deleted.
Catering and caring for you is not an obligation but my love for you-my daughter.
8/11/2024

Apart from prayer times,
Mum would recite extra prayers,
Was always with a tasbih (prayer beads ) in her hand counting and doing duas.
Dad and us siblings would tease her and joke about her dedication,
She just smiled.
One day my elder brother asked her,"What do you get out of these prayers?
We are more successful, happier  and enjoying life to the full,
While you are always in prayers."
She smiled and said,"These are my rewards,
To have my family safe happy and never lack anything in life,
The tears I shed and the prayers I recite Allah answers  for you,
For my happiness is in yours,
And my rewards in your successes.
9/2/2021

Fly and fall
Full of light and colour,
Just like my emotions.
Except one leaf,
Firmly attached to a lonely branch,
Fresh and green,
Like love,
The pearl of the soul.
10/10/2022

When dark clouds of pain overcasts me,
When the shadows of sorrow chase me,
When tears brim my eyes,
When this lonely heart is afraid,
I have cajoled my heart,
Why do you cry, love?
This is part of life,
It is most likely to happen.

Don't hold your tears
Let them fall freely,
Let them say what words can't say easily
Even the clouds when they become heavy like your heart,
Let goes as rainfall,
Remember after rain there is sunshine.
21/10/2022

Can be fake,
Understand the person behind the smile.
1/10/2021

I made my life easier,
I forgave all and,
I begged forgiveness from those I had hurt.

silence everywhere,
carpet of colourful leaves
autumn evening walk.
18/8/2021

When our eyes met,
Your soul hugged tightly mine,
And they became one.
5/9/2019

She didn't send text messages to ten more people.
26/5/2021

Life without dreams is like barren land where nothing grows.
25/8/2019

SayI love you
To your loved ones everyday,
Who knows they or you may not wake up tomorrow.
11/9/2022

after heavy rain
the crescent moon silently
gazed at the stray cat.
11/12/2021

It goes 99 Thump, 99 Thump,
A centipede with a wooden leg

When you loved me,
I BLOOMED,
When you left me,
I WILTED.

I asked for strength,
God gave me problems,
Then I realised I got exactly what I needed to practise in.
7/10/2019

Drink it in sips,
Drinking water quickly in big
gulps leads to liver ailments.
21/8/2022

Gardening,
And listening to soft music on your mobile.
Washing few dishes,
And listening to the splash of water,
The laughter of your child playing in his playpen.
Cutting grass,
The wrrrr wrrrr of your lawn mower like a lullaby in your ears,
While the pigeon coos in the tree
with its nestling.
Are as eternal,
As beautiful,
As writing poetry.
20/2/2021

too dark to see
moonlight falls on your sweet face
see love in your eyes.
1/7/2024

That was my husband,
He rarely said "I love you,"
But his actions showed what I meant to him.
He was always by my side,
Kind, gentle and reassuring,
Be it a visit to a doctor,
A family feud,
Or hassle with my in-laws.
Though he was not for candlelight dinner,
He took me frequently to dinner, picnic and movies,
But to the ones I enjoyed.
He did all the DIY work around the house,
Before I knew something needed to be repaired it was already done.
After early morning and evening prayers I enjoy reciting Quran, duas and talking to Allah,
So he would help me with sending the children to school,
And bed at night,
Though he never helped with cooking or housework,
He lived for his family,
And when he died,
For me it was as if my computer had crashed and I had to start all over again.
I never knew the house needed so much repair,
Nor so many bills needed to be settled,
Or where to shop for groceries.
19/12/2021

One Mr.Patel of Ahmedabad,
At last found a girl whom he wanted to wed,
He proposed to her,
She burst into laughter,
Because he was old enough to be her dad.
12/4/2019

cricket is tempting
playing outside on the street
despite mum's dark glare.
2/11/2019

Itself is the path,
Know how to take it.
29/11/2023

Advised me,
Keep your ears long,
Your tongue short
Eyes open ,
Now my friends call me a wise owl.
2/3/2025

She planted seeds of love and kindness,
In her mind beautiful ,wise flowers blossomed,
And even in the darkest moments her radiant smile shone on them.
7/7/2019

Hickory dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock,
The clock struck four,
Granny fell on the floor.

Hickory dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock,
The clock struck five,
The doctors tried granny to revive.

Hickory dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock,
The clock struck six,
Granny woke up,smiled and gave me a kiss.

Hickory dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock,
The clock struck seven,
Granny went to heaven.

The clock  struck dead,
Granny was hundred.

If you can't beat them,
join them.

There was no night,
Day would lose its charm,
And we would not appreciate it.
3/7/2020

You are my golden Sun,
Your brilliant smiles
Play sweet melodies in my heart.
You are my beautiful rainbow,
An artist's palatte of colours,
A different happy shade for each new day.
You are my bright,white moon,
Glowing, smoothing away my fears and tears.
With your mesmerising look.
You are my twinkling stars
In the night sky,
Glistening jewels of my eyes
Studded with clusters of beauty.
You are the red, red rose
That fills my being with your sweet fragrance.
You are the Apple of my eye,
Delicious,juicy,crunchy,
A frosting on my cake.
You are my guardian Angel,
A very precious gift,
Loving, caring and tender,
The light of my life.

Sometimes your words are worse than the pierce of an arrow.
3/7/2019

Nature, time and patience.
25/82021