TY - GEN AU - Saraf, Ashfaq TI - Harkening SN - 9788182532809 U1 - 821 PY - 2012/// PB - Cyberwit.net KW - N1 - CONTENTS PREFACE 5 WHAT PAUSES DO YOU SELL? 9 THIS FALL MOTHER 10 AND THE LIKES OF HIM WILL SEEK SILENCE 12 YOU: MAGNANIMOUSLYTHE SAME! 14 THE HONOURED DISGRACE 16 RUNAWAY FROM ME 18 ABRAHAM AGAIN 19 THEY SAY IT MUST BE CALLED LOVE 20 THE BLANK VERSE 22 THE JOURNEY UNTO YOU 24 YOU REMEMBER 26 A TRAIN WAITING BY THE GATE OF TONGUE-SLIPS 27 TO THE WHOEVER 'YOU' 29 THE WATER CREEPS DEEP 31 I MUST NOT LEAVE 33 I TALK TO YOU LIKE THE WHISPERING OF THIEVES 35 I AM PRONOUNCED DEAD 37 REMINISCES 40 COME WITH ME 43 OCCUPIED 45 LORD, I STAND A WITNESS TO THE CRIME 51 LET US TALK SENSE TONIGHT 53 DARLING PLEBISCITE 55 TELL THEM THE MORNINGS ARE STILL BRIGHT 57 NOW THAT WE HAVE CROSSED THE MIRE 59 AND THEN YOU LEFT 61 NOW THAT YOU OFFER ME THE PLATTER 63 WE WILL RETURN 65 LET'S PAUSE BY THE SHIMMER OF A LANTERN 67 FROZEN COLLAR OF MY DREAMS 69 CALL ME HOME 71 I AM THE LOVE, THE PAIN, THE INTENSITY 73 WATERLOO WAS FOUGHT AGAIN 75 SALAT-UL-FAJR 77 WAIT LET'S STALK OUR MORNING 79 STAMMERING OF A SNOWY SUM 81 YOU ARE DAMSEL AGAIN 83 THUS SPOKE MY HAKEEM 85 ME, YOU AND ME 88 GATHER ME 90 AMISS 91 DON'T STALK ME 92 INFIDELITY 94 SILENCES AFTER A DEEP SIGH 96 MY FEET SCROLL DOWN HYSTERIA 97 THE NIGHT THAT SLEPT HAYWIRE 98 LAST BREATH 99 SHALL WE NOT? 100 ANTEDILUVIAN CALLS 102 UN-SEDITIOUS 103 DEEWAR-E-ZINDAN 104 WHO IS THERE A WITNESS? 106 INCOMPLETE WRITINGS 108 i HAVE AGIFT NOW 110 I'LL CALL THE DOVE 111 POSTERITY 112 ANOTHER NIGHT I SLEEP 114 ENLIGHTENMENT 115 EID GREETINGS 117 LAST JOURNEY 118 RENDEZVOUS WITH HEARSAY 119 MY PEOPLE 121 FREEDOM ALRIGHT 123 MOTHER, I SAY 125 INTROSPECTION 127 I WROTE 128 WE ARE YET TO COLLECT OUR SAY 129 THIS IS NOT THE ABODE 129 WHEN EYES CANNOT SEE 130 I AM THE JOURNEY, I AM THE BLAME 130 THE DROPS OF SUMMER RAIN 131 COME TO ME 131 BLOOD THAT PAINTED HER EYE 132 WHERE MY TIERS LIE 132 HOLD MY HAND 133 A LIFE TO VOMIT 133 WINTER RATTLES AGAINST 134 I PLEAD GUILTY SIR 134 THEY TASTE THE SALT 135 FAR TONIGHT 136 THE BLANK PAPER IS YET FOLDED 136 I MUST HAVE BEEN IN LOVE 137 FEAR MY BOY 137 YOU ARE THE SIN I HAVE DECIDED TO KEEP YOU 138 MAYBE 138 ER -