Have you ever been to the water <br />By itself floating flat <br />Like the surface of a silver foil <br />And fountains gushing from their sweet mouths <br />Musical sounds as it flows down in ducts <br /> <br />Has the fresh air to your senses touched <br />The aquatic perfumes what ingredients it must <br />Under the vault serene <br />Tumults of anger it expresses <br />Sky is it for the life underneath <br /> <br />This city has a vast lane <br />The absence of nothing below your wings <br />Shall make you fall here <br />With much wonders for the calmness in the air <br />There are no mayhems here <br />Except some hungry and angry voices <br /> <br />Herein lives a strange spirit <br />That permeates all and sundry <br />Herein is a stage <br />The show is there for every one to watch <br />Herein lies the centre of power <br />That flies in the air like a paper <br />And many children are running after it <br /> <br />Islamabad <br />18/2/2010<br /><br />Sadiqullah Khan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-strange-spirit/
