by Naseef Ahammed | May 16, 2021 | Poetry
War engulfs the land of the Philistines,A land under duress, distress and destruction,Both sides fighting for the sake of their ancestorsAnd their homeland, the promised land, Canaan. The world fears picking sides,For it is a fight, a clash, or simply too...
by Naseef Ahammed | Mar 28, 2021 | Poetry
Gratitude, ripples and waves of it,Stem from the depth of my heartTo the tip of my tongueFor the grief and empathy that you disseminate,For Uyghurs, my people. Ineptitude, the void it lives inLies deep in the soulOf my people who stand byAnd watch the tyranny as it...
by Naseef Ahammed | Apr 14, 2020 | Personal
I glanced at meself in the mirror, desolateWith a flicker of hope from the browning hyacinthThe ever growing death count does reverberateYet the coppers can’t subdue the rendezvous at the barbeques. The shutdown has turned the supermarkets into a labyrinthOf fighters...
by Naseef Ahammed | Dec 26, 2019 | Personal, Sustainability
I found myself nearing the horizon of the decade, The brute glare forcing me to look back At the feats we’ve championed, yet I am dismayed. Alas! Our success has come with a stark payback From our dear planet, Oh dear, what have we done, The floods and the...