Sharing a poem I wrote in September 2002 over 17 years ago. I won first prize for this poem on All-Pakistan Valentine’s day Poetry contest in Marriott hotel Islamabad.
Why tell him the feelings that you in yourself, hide
Why disclose the love that you, feel inside
When it’s already exposed, right by his side
Why do you need to hurt your pride?
Let him open up his eyes
And catch your desperate begging stare
Let him open up his heart
And feel the passion that you conceal in there
Let him open up his ears
To the ballads in the silence, that your heart sings
Let him open up his soul
And feel the comfort that your presence brings
If only one could hear the silence
Which tells you the utter truth
No instrument could play that music
No drum, guitar, nor flute
Love needs no language spoken
It needs no expression to reveal
Love is all about passion
It’s every moment, is to feel
