Familiarity sounded as near to heart <br />The path wrought with difficulties <br />When cold crust would fall on spirit <br />The distance from the valley to learn <br />Strides were made in prevalence <br />Ignorance rooster would wake the call <br />Fate had destination when the stars <br />Fortune was to come but before <br />Into ashes the self intact for the pledge <br />Not known to others but he knew <br />Was called upon the shores to honor <br />Risen on the knowledge of adventure <br />The first man to set foot on the land <br />When the waves put the small luggage <br />Nay the treasure but toils would make <br />Safer journey when shone the bright sun <br />I had shared the leather in red with white <br />My beloved once remarked for the grains <br />Pouring back stories of discoveries <br />Pocahontas in legends and farther <br />Checkered fabric was another memory <br />Handshake an honor in my town dusty <br />And then after many years in discovery <br />Profession was the way in America <br />The showers with friends once when <br />Not less than Hummer whence the song <br />I knew less of what happened on the way <br />Of a happy union in affairs of love <br />For the needy and the poor looking upon <br />Still many like him aspiring the unknown <br />In humble discourse and bow a gentle <br />To the south wind when sent the message <br />Come along and see the world anew <br />The nobility of cause had at last <br />To the holy soil he was born upon <br />Friends of the late night were awake <br />The zephyr still circulated with aroma <br />The dawn was left for others to begin <br />14/4/2009 <br /> <br />(Dedicated to Mrs. and Mr. Dr Badshah Jan Wazir, on announcing Aisha Karen Wazir merit scholarship for the students of South Waziristan Agency)<br /><br />Sadiqullah Khan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/near-to-heart/
