A smile shines upon a face
Cracked and parched by the sun
Blistered feet trek in the heat
Carrying water for everyone.
Three hours daily they walk
To a watering hole ***** and crude
Yet still he smiles having no choice
But to bring water to cook food.
Foreigners arrive to lay new pipes
Hope lies now on a wrinkled face
Water gushes from a shiny tap
Drenching life into a dismal place.
Children scream with delight and joy
Sadly they have never splashed before
Tears well in the foreigner’s eye
A shiny tap now means so much more.
A new smile shines upon a face
Pleased that the work has been done
Blistered hands applaud in the heat
At long last the children can have fun.

Love a Test
Love terminates but at a real test
Which a lover has just to celebrate
With all its odds and trials at best
It is a state and one has be straight

I take your love as charm so warm
My sweetheart be mine under stress
As atrue lover I will follow the norms
Even pain in distress remains a bless

My God is my love my love is my God
Where I don't have cheeks to complain
Whether I go through just soft or hard
If you ask me just the taste I can't explain

Col Muhammad Khalid Khan
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