Posts Tagged ‘ordinary’
Golden Words – Love of Life
May 17th, 2011 | 
Author: 
“If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear. ”
Joanna Macy (born 1929);
Author, environmental activist
“No Name” & “Withdrawal” – Two Poems Of Prof. Shaheena Asif From Her Book “The Ordinary Woman”
NO NAME
Daughter
Sister
Wife
She has no name
She has no face
She is a woman
WITHDRAWAL
Laughter
Innocence
Trusting loving heart
Lost in the
Eddies of life
Frightened
I hide from
This world
As Long As – A Poem By Prof. Shaheena Asif From Her Book “The Ordinary Woman”
“As Long As”
What I wear
You don’t care
Talking to me
But looking
At the car key
Tired too busy
Business dinners
Late nights
Where you go
I need not know
Too long to be mine
The black hair
On your shoulder shines
The lipstick shade
Though light
On your collar so bright
On your body
A strange perfume for days
Lingers on in many ways
I shall ignore this
And much more
As long as
You are kind to the children
And pretend to like me
On Hysterectomy – A Poem By Prof. Shaheena Asif From Her Book “The Ordinary Woman”
“ON HYSTERECTOMY”
Like dried branches
Like earth hard and cracked
Like grass turned brown
Lifeless but alive
Scared for life
Pretending smiling
Exhausted insecure
Secretly terrified
Dear womb
The surgeons knife
Cured the disease
But
Left me dying inside
Love – A Poem By Prof. Shaheena Asif From Her Book “The Ordinary Woman”
LOVE ?
Who will love me?
When I am –
Beautiful and dutiful
Joking and laughing
Healthy and wealthy
Kind and helpful
Just any body and everybody
Who will love me?
When I am –
Sad and bad
Demanding and commanding
Lazy and crazy
Fat and ugly
Unwell and poor
Just no body and nobody
Golden Words – Successful Careers
Successful careers are not planned.
They are the careers of people who are prepared for the opportunity because they know their strength, the way they work and their values.
For knowing where one belongs makes ordinary people – hardworking competent but mediocre otherwise – into outstanding performers.
(Peter F. Drucker)
