Flourishing on <br />Natural contours of land, <br />Variegating with rainbows, <br />A continuous river <br />Flows into his own depths, <br />An ocean within. <br />This wordsmith, creator <br />Of enduring friendship <br />Throughout the seasons <br />With insects and birds, <br />Foliage and flowers, his co-creators <br />Famed among the constellations. <br />He - an Alpha Arietis - shines <br />With his art, evergreen. <br /> <br />Nostalgic melodies <br />Moisten his eyes. <br />The smile of a child <br />Makes him burst into laughter. <br />He soaks up <br />The sorrows unsaid <br />And faces unread. <br />A self-contained emotinal being. <br />He puts his signature <br />On the tablet of wind <br />Whispering through apertures <br />Of doors, of cores. <br />Spreading the magic of affection, <br />Erasing hatreds from <br />The slates of mind <br />And healing wounds <br />With his balmy libretto, <br />He consoles the heart. <br /> <br />Though a maverick in <br />The herds of social climbers, <br />His deep silence evokes <br />Wise thoughts. <br />A translucent rain <br />Wiping the mist of pain, <br />He grows <br />The creepers of camaraderie <br />In his poetry yards. <br /> <br />His ailing heart, <br />Varicose legs, <br />Olden heels <br />And clay bound feet, <br />All laborious episodes of <br />A lifetime drama serial. <br />Opening new ways <br />Between conscious and subconscious <br />My mentor, <br />Even with increasing age <br />Holds a bundle of dreams <br />For me, for all <br />Death's arrow is aiming at him - He knows <br />But, still inscribing <br />The lively poem of existence <br />By camouflaging himself in words <br />beautiful and strong. <br />I know, he will live <br />And live long.<br /><br />Sameer Ahmed<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-ocean-within-a-poem-for-my-father-poet-naseer-ahmed-nasir/
