I hear the splashing of rain
It has filled the rivers and drains
Emotions flood the watery lane;
One that can cause so much pain.

Ruthlessly, It has found a way;
To their homes and their farms array.
As […]

We all weren’t going to be equal after all.

Amid class, segregation, rise and fall.

Opportunities vary and begging isn’t something they are proud of.

A better life they would have lived without all the […]

The pains a battered slave goes through

The viscous tears on the chin of a bereaved family

The blood sea red on the Syrian streets

The wounds inflicted by cupid on lovebirds

Poverty stricken on some […]

Remember

Remember me when I am gone away,

Gone far away into the silent land;

When you can no more hold me by the hand,

Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.

Remember me when no more day by […]

Sitting at the dining table idle. The door opens. Pause. Shuts. Coat rustles, socks rub against shoes. My dad walks in with a white rectangular box.

“Sultan! Guess what?” he asks excitedly.

I look at him to […]