Just with Memories

Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistan

Muhammad Iqbal grew up in a small village of Punjab. He has been writing poetry since his school days in different languages. His children poems and songs have been published in different international teaching newsletters. He teaches English in a vocational institute working for poverty alleviation and rehabilitation of the poor in Narowal, Pakistan. He is the member of a number of national and international associations and Discussion List Moderator for Global Issues SIG, IATEFL. He is the founder of Rural English Learners and Teachers group in the Punjab, Pakistan.
E-mail: muhammadiqbal722@hotmail.com
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Where aero planes fly

A star twinkle in the sky

Their cheeks are loaded

With tears

Between their lids

A Mediterranean Sea

Flow and on their waves

Dance

An image of another star

They worship the image

But

Distance matter always

They can’t meet

Because

They don’t have

As you and I

Have a heart

In our bosoms

With passionate waves

More deep than seas

More high than hills

Their eyes are eyes

That can’t change

Into sweet words

Uttered by the sparrows

Bewildered in courtship days.

For us

Distance is a line

That is erased

Just with memories.