STAR TRUE BRILLIANT

Poem Title: The Depth That Was Never a Sea | وہ گہرائی جو کبھی سمندر نہ تھی I am your old lover, forgotten by time, Main tera purana aashiq hoon, waqt ne jise dhundla diya. Though all things exist, to you I am unknown, Sab kuch hote hue bhi main tere liye anjaana hoon. You wish to drown in a depth so rare, Tum jis gehraai mein doobna chahte ho, usay khaas samajhte ho. But there is nothing there—only mountains everywhere, Magar wahan kuch nahi, sirf pahaaron ka ghera hai. I walked that road with wounded feet, Main us raaste se guzra hoon zakhmi qadam lekar. I touched that silence, bitter and sweet, Main ne us khamoshi ko chhua hai, talkh aur meethi dono. No ocean waited, no waves were found, Na koi samandar tha, na lehrein kahin. Only walls of stone stood all around, Sirf pathron ki deewarein charon taraf khari thin. Come back from glitter that hides the pain, Laut aao us chamak se jo dard ko chhupa leti hai. Not every loss becomes a gain, Har khona paana nahi hota. Love is ...