Beauty is scattered,
Even in a particle,
Below my boots,
What I need,
Just the eyes,
That can see.

Pretty is the man,
Even my enemy,
Critical and violent,
With a reason or not,
What I need,
Just to react friendly.

Lovely is someone,
That hates me always,
Condemns all my acts,
What I need,
Just a loving heart,
That can love him, too.

Light is flowing,
In all the rivers,
Seen or unseen,
What I need,
Some courage to swim,
May be it water or the fire!

The ocean is the same,
From East to West,
Different names at places,
What I need,
To fall in the ocean,
And forget myself.

Akhtar Jawad

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