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WHY AM I LIKE ANTONIO?
Why am I like "Antonio"
The "Merchant of Venice"?
Why do I feel sad
Without knowing why?
My ships are also at sea
And I too have to deal with many "Shylocks"
Yet unlike "Antonio"
I am not without love
I am very luck to be loved overwhelmingly
By my quiet and sensitive, adorable woman.
Yet when the sun sets and the night begins
I start feeling sadder and sadder
Why?
Perhaps I did know why....
But there is only silence and no reply
Or even a caring sigh
From anybody near and around me
I am lonely even in the company
Of so many men and women
And the tavern is no longer in my way of living
For I bid it an adieu
After finding peace in the will of the one I love most
My Allah, my Lord God Almighty....
Yet I wish I knew:
Why even among so many
I feel I need her so intensely
To never ever feel lonely....
(Written and posted by Muhammad Naveed Ahmed/Emmenay on February 19, 2011).
