A Language of two Nights – English Poem by Huzaifa Zeeshan

A Language of two Nights – English Poem by Huzaifa Zeeshan [GCU Lahore – Intermediate – Arts]

The Village soaks with silence
Beneath the dark and subtle sky

Leaving her dreary homestead,
The girl dances
Along the shadow of the
Long and peaceful night,
Joyous arms looming in from darkness,
The whole body shivers,
From cold of the autumn breeze;
Though the heart is warm;
The soul, ablaze
Raging with passionate intensity
She dances along the waving leaves
Till dusk
For the night is full of calm and contentment.

The City reeks with noise and filth,
The tainted Moon of smoke and fumes
Keeps watch
Over the boy sitting in silence,
Sharp cold of the fragile evening
Sends shudders across his body
He weeps in shadows,
Regrets in solitude,
Suffers in agitation,
For the night is full of ruinous terrors.

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