Thoughts - Aftab Yusuf Shaikh

Thoughts - Aftab Yusuf Shaikh


What inch of earth
will we have to 
stand upon, when
our institutions turn out
to be mere illusions.

- Aftab Yusuf Shaikh

Thoughts - Aftab Yusuf Shaikh

Thoughts - Aftab Yusuf Shaikh

When the lover saw the 
dragger in his back held 
by his very own love,
he said, 'My Love, twist it hard and pluck the life out of me. 
Kill me by your hands.
Be kind, let not me live after this treachery.'
-Aftab Yusuf Shaikh

Quotes Aftab Yusuf Shaikh

Quotes Aftab Yusuf Shaikh


The soil you are born in,
is your Mother.
Service to your mother
is engraved on the 
grains of your self.

- Aftab Yusuf Shaikh

Quotes Aftab Yusuf Shaikh

Quotes Aftab Yusuf Shaikh


The Myth of your Love
and Titanic words, has
been wrapped in a sheet
of shit and thrown out 
of the cabinet of 
my memory.

- Aftab Yusuf Shaikh

Quotes Aftab Yusuf Shaikh

Quotes Aftab Yusuf Shaikh

My sweet little moon,
what will you do
that night when it
becomes impossible to hide.

- Aftab Yusuf Shaikh

Quotes Aftab Yusuf Shaikh

Quotes Aftab Yusuf Shaikh


"Don't set yourself on fire 
to keep others warm. 
if at all, 
do it to shed light."

- Aftab Yusuf Shaikh

ZEPHYR / ZILCH

ZEPHYR / ZILCH


Nobody believed the desert flower will ever come to being. 

Nobody believed in miracles anymore. 
All hopes reduced to zilch.
The harsh winters had ruined all dreams of a spring. 

Hardly had anyone seen the enriching rays of the Sun for months.
But one evening of English summers, the Sun came back to life.
As the Sun kissed the zephyr, 

the desert flower rises up from the dust, 
all the fragrance of the flowers is renewed.