Round n' Round

Going round n' round
like in a merry-go-around
Head spinning, mind dizzy
no way to get out of the circle of madness
It gets faster and stops then
picking up speed again
going round n round like a top!

Prompt at Theme Thursday 

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A Nation On Its Deathbed

Yesterday she turned 63 though she looks much older than that, weak, feeble and frail. Socially ostracized, drowned in debts and flood water and mourning the loss of its off springs to extremists and foreign drone attacks, she is left on the mercy and kindness of others. Tears of blood are shed each passing day as she witnesses her impending doom. She can only be saved if her children unite against the powers bent on destroying her. Only they can bring her back to her former glory. For she is their motherland, Pakistan – the land that once resounded with songs of peace.

Save Me From Myself

Why do the days trudge on

and the hours seem to drag

Why does time rewind

when I'm trying to catch up

Why is happiness so short-lived

Why does this silence deafen my ears

Why does the heart not agree with the mind's reason,

when the existence of both makes us complete...