آیہ صوفیہ کی ؍عذرا اور حسین چوک کا اسرافیل
.ارے یہ کون نیا فقیر کھڑا ہوگیا یہاں آج؟’ میں نے اپنے آپ سے سوال کیا’
وہ نا صرف حسین چوک پر کھڑے فقیروں میں ایک نیا چہرہ تھا بلکہ ان سب سے بہت الگ بھی تھا
Past, Present & Future and the Sacred Triangle
‘Have you listened to what the dead man said?’ Maga asked me.
‘Yes I have.’
‘And what have you understood?’
‘That past was a dream, future is a fantasy and present is all that ever matters.’
Nostalgia: Scratching of the Healing Wounds
His last yellow dream
‘Do you sell enough balloons to make a decent earning?’ I asked the old balloon-seller.
‘You are mistaken my dear sir. I don’t sell balloons. I sell only dreams.’ He explained humbly.
‘And this yellow balloon………?’
‘This is my last dream – my last yellow dream.’
Once I wanted to be immortal!
Once I wanted to be immortal
Experience each pleasure;
life had to offer
And live each dream;
my imagination did proffer
But then I saw;
and then I felt
Each pleasure came with pain;
that dreams were a loss,
and not a gain
Tales of the Ancient Turtle – The Witch of Ghoragali
