Thursday, June 28, 2012

God's love is enough #JafarAlamPoetry

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

I got a certain smile ... And only a certain kind of love can bring it out #JafarAlamPoetry
Love is in high demand low supply #JafarAlamPoetry
Ignorance got its own kinda depth #JafarAlamPoetry

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

You gotta go with the one that makes you smile ... Consistently #JafarAlamPoetry

Monday, June 25, 2012

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Toronto. Afternoon. My skin. My heart. My poems. Failed love. #JafarAlamPoetry

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Why We Shout In Anger ...


A saint was visiting the Ganges river to bathe one day ... He overheard some family members on the banks, shouting and bickering angrily at each other ... 

He turned to his disciples, smiled and asked, "Why do angry people shout at each other ???" ... The disciples thought for a while, then one of them said, "Because we lose our calm, that's why we shout" ... The saint replied, "But, why should you shout when the other person is just next to you ??? You can simply tell him or her what you have to say in a soft manner" ... Other disciples supplied answers but none satisfied the saint ...

Finally, the saint explained, "When two people are angry at each other, there is a great distance between their hearts ... To cover that distance they must shout so they can hear each other ... The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other, such that they can bridge that great distance ... What happens when two people fall in love ??? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly, because their hearts are very close ... The distance between them is either nonexistent or very small" ... The saint continued, "When they love each other even more, what happens ??? They do not speak; they only whisper, and when they get even closer to each other in their love, finally they do not need to whisper; they only look at each other and that’s all ... That is how close two people are when they love each other" ...

He looked at his disciples and said, "So when you argue do not let your hearts get distant, do not say words that distance each other more ... Otherwise, there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return" ...

Monday, June 11, 2012

War Is Not Easy ... It's Beyond Imagination ...


What you fight against, controls you ... 
To overcome a problem you must not fight ... 
But lead the problem to its resolution ...
Imagination is where all magic is stored #JafarAlamPoetry

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Wislawa Szymborska ...



Let the people who never find true love, keep saying that there's no such thing ... 


Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die ...


Friday, June 8, 2012

A life without God is all around unappealing to me #JafarAlamPoetry


How do you find inner peace ??? ... Be and then do ... 
And then do-be-do-be-do ...

Thursday, June 7, 2012


Her eyes get heavy and her voice breakable, like cracked soil ... And there she plants and grows everything she has ever loved and wanted #JafarAlamPoetry

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Tariq Ramadan ...

If you don't have respect, consistency, and humility ... 
The dialogue is just exchanging words ... 

Bring your light ... Leave your f(l)ame #JafarAlamPoetry

Monday, June 4, 2012

Bruce Lee ...



I have come to discover through earnest personal experience ... 
And dedicated learning ... 
That the greatest help ... 


Is self-help ... 


Doing one's best ... 
Dedicating one's self wholeheartedly to a given task ... 
Which happens to have no end ... 


But is an ongoing process ...
I miss you looking at me, like you had everything you wanted #JafarAlamPoetry