He rode his camel through the voids and the dunes
Avoiding the chilly nights and the desert's unearthly tunes.
Perhaps someone awaited him back at home
Perhaps like nomads, he too was going to roam
Yaqoub's eyes gave nothing away.
Braving through paths leading to nowhere
Irking the life forms no matter how rare
Reminiscing his life as a parentless child
Thrown out to survive in the wild.
How cruelly could these human hearts beat
Deeds of a barren soul die deep in the desert heat
Adversity teaches you to survive through thick and thin
Yaqoub learnt it the hard way, paying for someone else's sin.
Seldom do stories of such men reach the human ear
Alone being their all - their near and their dear.
Nevertheless the morale of this story
Always may we all be there through your days of worries and glory.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Yaqoub's Odyssey
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2 comments:
hehee..this is so awesome ! i came back and read it again fer a fifth time :D
thanks vivek ! mwahh !! :D
Vivek this is amazing. I like how you capture a sense of loneliness in every one of your writings. It's true, we engineers really have been doing wonders off the field as well. You should continue writing short tones like these capturing various aspects. I will love to share one of my personal writings capturing a sense of love and despair with you. Hoping to connect with you on LinkedIn!
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