"O, Lovely Lonesome Life"

By Shahnaz Hassan

You taught me so many things in life

to avoid, ignore

no need to snore

with unnecessary observations

no profit, only loss,

get lost! the tensions

get the amount of love

from your loved ones

the one who can understand

not that who makes you stand

to wait, to be insulted

or die in shame and a useless

in craving of other steps

to reach the top -

where there, stands no one

you alone and lonesome

keep going, keep climbing

path of experiences

but much strength

and the firm smile of a winner.

By Shahnaz Hassan