Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Voices that call my name in the night...





Woke up in the night
To voices...
Voices in my head

Ghosts of memories
And things
That were once
And are no more...

Woke up in the night
To my name...
Someone calling my name

A vision, a dream
I chased
I believed once
And now I am awake...

Woke up in the night
To an ache...
Familiar, old, well known

A love, myself
I gave
I loved
And now I wait...

Woke up in the night
To a truth
Unwanted, stark and cold

It gone, it's over
The life
The love
Of he and I...

Woke up in the night
To voices
Aches, deep inside

Sent a text
"I heard you call my name...tonight..."
And then waited...
Silence-

Sat up
Sat up in the night...
And held myself tight

The way
I'd wished
You'd hold me
All through the night

Wrote a little
To ease the hurt
The heartache in the night...

The words just came
Unthought
To my mind
Messengers from my head to my heart

Let go...
Let go...
Let it be

It aches
It breaks
And yet...
It is so-


The voices
Voices that call my name
In the night...

A tear fell
Perhaps two,
Maybe three...
In the night

Because of the voices
The voices...
That call my name in the night

16 comments:

Ali said...

that's really sad shahnaz.. with the signature flow of eloquence..lugubrious yet beautiful

Americanising Desi said...

that is a really neat piece of post and a pretty picture to fit in :)

FAISAL RIAZ said...

U deserve love... Love deserves u... I pray to Allah may He remove all the sorrows and aches out of ur life and bless u with peace of mind...

Z Sattar said...

A tear fell
Perhaps two,
Maybe three...
In the night

Because of the voices
The voices...
That call my name in the night

.....................................

Love these lines....very beautiful

whirlwinds said...

You are love.

WritingsForLife said...

Beautiful ;-)

Hyper-Threaded said...

Lord..you look gorgeous in this picture, Shahnaz... Beautiful!

BTW, what do u think of VS and JJ's music?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soDgIMhPHu0

Signed,
HT.

Shahnaz said...

HT

I like his voice.... it is very soothing.... He's a good friend of mine and he has sung to me on a number of occasions!

Shahnaz said...

Ali-

Thanks for the sweet comments. And hey keep at the blog. There are few things as liberating than being fearless about what you feel and blogging brings it out.

Hugs.

Shahnaz said...

FAisal R.

Thanks...

Shahnaz said...

Zeeshan

I always love your feedback... you can relate to my writing in the way it is written and intended. It makes it such a pleasure to read your comments.

Shahnaz said...

AD

Thanks-

It came out at a difficult time...and expressed evertything that I felt on the inside.

Shahnaz said...

RAaji-

Thanks

Shahnaz said...

whirlwinds....

so i've been told many times... now if i could only find love!

Roman said...

is it really a second hand emotion?

Shahnaz said...

r

is WHAT really a second hand emotion??

i did not understand the question/comment--