Silence Speaks For A Mother
A mother’s silence screams in pain,
As she mourns her beloved son in vain.
Tears fall like rain, a heart that’s torn,
A perpetual ache, a soul forlorn.
Her emotions speak, though words won’t come,
A grief so deep, it’s left unsung.
Sorrows have no voice, no words to say,
She’s a picture of pain, night and day.
A precious jewel lost, a shining light,
In this world, her darkness takes flight.
Yet, in her journey to the heavenly shore,
She’ll find her son, forever more.
In eternity’s embrace, they’ll meet again,
Where love and joy will soothe her pain.
Though silence speaks, her heart will find,
Solace in heaven, where love entwines.
CR@ Anwar Rahim
Poem 2
She Is On Voyage
Sea breeze gently come by
She is feeling cool and shy
She is smiling her soul at peace
Deep blue sea and light blue sky
Far and far no end she see
Sea is meeting with horizon so high
Standing at deck with deep thoughts
Gentle waves and smooth sailing
Journey joyful, pleasant feelings
Remember’s her love, looks at the sea
Is love deep like sea or high as sky
Emotions make’s her feel she can fly
Up above the sea so high
Like hovering seagulls in the sky
CR@ Anwar Rahim
Poem 3
Red Moon
Yes that was one night
She could have come there at an agreed site
Shown her anger and reminded me of our last fight
Then be friendly, at mystical site, as always did before on every night
I waited for her, I was used to that
Wouldn’t mind if she could have come and remained quiet
She had to show a big heart, she knew I would placate her, saying forget and forgo sweetheart
I knew she would stay, to show her sneaky smiles
Would just be teasing, pretending her arrogance for a while
I would enjoy as she often acted like that in different styles
She would be in jolly good mood, after a hug and a passionate kiss in moonlit night
We would sit for hours and have lovely chat for whole night
Suddenly I looked at my watch and got alarmed
I was lost in my thoughts and time so quickly passed
Why my love has not arrived, what has forced her to stop
I was upset, saw Red Moon, now fully emanated at sky top
I got up started running towards her house, with superstitious thoughts
She was sitting on a bench in her lawn lost in her thoughts
She raised her head with tears in her eyes rolling down
She disclosed, she was engaged to her uncle’s son that night
By the will of her parents and she kept quiet
I did not believe in superstitions, never in my life
Blood Moon occurred only due to lunar eclipse
When Earth come in line between the Moon and the Sun
Who came in between me and my love
I quietly returned back to see the Red Moon at the sea shore
The Red Blood Moon was glowing more, teasing testing my patience, raising my emotions much more
That night lasted for another few hours, its effects would last for whole of my life, how could I ignore
Anwar Rahim was born in February 1951 and hails from Gilgit Baltistan- Pakistan. A University Graduate in Economics and Political Science, served also as Major in the Army as “Group Testing Officer” in “Interservices Selection Board” for selecting candidates for Armed Forces Training Academies, Army, Navy and Air Force. A veteran turned poet in 2016, found my birth muse and vibes by narrating my inner-self, after my retirement from Armed Forces.
The poetic journey is short but I feel poetry has taught me much more than I could have learnt in any education institution. My literary performance fetched me, global awards from Gujarat Sahitya Academy – India in 2020, 2021and 2022.
National Poet of Bangladesh Kazi Nazar ul Islam birth Anniversary award 2022. Order of Mohatma award by Lasosyanyos Lar San Frontyer an International Art Society recognized by government of Seychelles.
Order of Shakespeare medal 2021 by Motivational Strips, world most active literary forum. Participated in virtual V Eurasian Literary Festival- 2021 at Istanbul, Turkey, UHE Festival International 2022 in Portugal and virtual Festival Paper Fiber in Greece.
In year 2022 received Culture and Free Press and Media award from “Sherine Abu Akel” from Syria and “Rabindranath Tagore” Award 2022 jointly from Motivational Strips and Department of Culture government of Seychelles.
From Republic of Colombia award for Poetry Peace and Culture with numerous awards received from other international poetry groups. My poems have featured in Anthologies, “Pakistani English Poets” and “Bouquet of Triple colours” of poets of Bangladesh, Pakistan and India. My poems published in Anthology of SAARC countries.
My poems featured in NBM Bangla TV Bangladesh and in Daily Bani Asia – Bangladesh. My passion in poetry is to pursue genres, in Romance, Humanitarian issues, Environmental friendly concerns and Children rhymes.