RIZWAN SALEEM - POEMS

Rizwan Saleem is a Banker based in Dubai UAE. The thoughts and expressions detailed in his works are of his various escapades suffered through life, and of the profound surprise of having survived long enough to pen them into words. His poems have appeared in anthologies Twenty Seven Signs by Lady Chaos Press and Self Portrait Poetry Collection by Silver Birch Press.

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                                            To the fallout


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I see in the distance skies 
How lightning crashes 
Illuminates this pitch black night 
I choose to burn all I ever loved 
Then burn the ashes 
Erase every word of endearment
Blinded by salted water
I give release to all memories
That return to my eyes in flashes 
Doubtful if I can find 
An anecdote to what you’ve left behind 
Drops of that sweet nectar I aroused from you 
That flowed from your veins to mine
Like turbulent seas
Now I ail with this poison 
A brew concocted just for me 
Destitute, faithless, fallen
Completely incomplete
Yet felled by this weakness that makes me pray for your pity
How your arrogance grows 
As every hour goes 
You wring my own tears
On these seeds of loneliness you have sown 
I plot my revenge 
Or some vestige of retribution 
My plans flutter to my feet 
Like feathers of fallen angels
I see now the looming clouds of storm 
Gales that howl and sway 
Bring messengers of the coming regime 
That shall rule my remaining days 
In these searing embers 
I swear to hide 
All the torment that I suffer inside 
But stuck in between the devil and the deep blue sea
How I would spend this world’s weight in gold 
Only to know for the hundredth last time
If you still think of me. 



                                     Some Rain 



Some rain
some rain for wilted flowers
some rain for open wounds
some rain for the dearly departed
some rain for seeds just planted
some rain for a child to see
some rain for someone to be
some rain to mix with tears
some rain to wash clean the fears
some rain for love lost
some rain for love's new blossom
some rain for the desert dunes
some rain to beat in tune
some rain for this summer heat
some rain on dry parched lips
some rain for those we miss
some rain for the first kiss
some rain for hope renew
some rain for the ones with few
some rain for prayers unanswered
some rain for promises due
some rain for people to believe
some rain lord if you please
some rain for the hungry to feed
some rain dear god is all we need