Girls still look at me
and though they smile...
Their eyes speak
A multitude of words.
Once offering me hearts
No longer I see
My age revealed
by the creases of time
I feel my insides
breaking into pieces.
The hope of the dream...
Vanishes in a cold sigh.
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Poem In Pashto By: Afzal Shauq
Translated in English By: Alley Boling
Book: 'TWIST OF FATES' Poem No.263/Page.336
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