Broken man by Kashif Nasir

 
Broken man
Kashif Nasir

I have no fancy gifts to give, 

nor good words to say, 

I have no good memories, 

nor thoughts that are gay, 

I am a broken man that's all I have to say

Neither morning nor at night, 

I see no peace in sight

And it's getting lonelier day by day, 

I am a broken man that's all I have to say

Neither verse nor prose

Neither women nor rose

Nothing lights up my day

I am a broken man that’s all I have to say

You may see in the room

Sitting darkly in the gloom

fighting demons, keeping them at the bay

I am a broken man that’s all I have to say

Neither my tears nor my voice

Nothing ever reaches the skies

If there is a god why is he so far away

I am a broken man that’s all I have to say

Neither my friends nor my foes

No one ever hears my woes

No one comes, and no one stays 

I am a broken man that’s all I have to say

My loneliness has reached its peak

Everything is looking bleak

I have very little left to say

I am a broken man that’s all I have to say

Every time I look around

I see broken men all around

They all laugh, but inside they are rotting away

I am a broken man that’s all I have to say

I am still not done

I still have to write

Tell them that things will be alright

But I know there won’t be such a day

I am a broken man that’s all I have to say

My words have gone into my head

Twisting turning in bed

Saying things I never said

Out of this hell, I see no way

I am a broken man that’s all I have to say

Oh God if you are there

Why you don’t ever hear

Why don’t you come down 

and fix this mortal of clay

I am a broken man that’s all I have to say

I am still angry

I am still loud

I am about to burst

Like an angry cloud

My righteous rage, will everything wash away

I am a broken man that’s all I have to say

I will be angry forever more

Writing verses more and more

Of every injury keeping score

And one day I will make them pay

I am an angry man that’s all I have to say

There is two of me, there is two of you

 

There is two of me, there is two of you


There is two of me, there is two of you,
and maybe -
one of us does love you?
One of us is cold hard,
He feels no pain, & has no heart
He has lived his whole life in hell
And maybe that’s why he feels so well.


The other one is nice & good,
He will treat you just like a good boy should,
He will gift you books & write you poems
And think of you all the time


the other one will not care
A single thought he will not spare
I feel the two of them are same,
maybe they even share the same name?


Will you love both him and I?
The one will kill you,
the other one -
for you will die


Believe me when I say this to you
Both my boys are good & true
They just have some darker sides
A part they show, a part they hide


Wise is the one who can find the right
And bring the darker one to the light.
There is two of me, there is two of you
And may be one of us does love you?


Kashif Nasir