Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Fate...

FATE slew him, but he did not drop;
She felled—he did not fall—
Impaled him on her fiercest stakes—
He neutralized them all.

She stung him, sapped his firm advance,
But, when her worst was done,
And he, unmoved, regarded her,
Acknowledged him a man.

2 comments:

Ahmed said...

Eid Mubarak! And Happy New Years. You haven't written in awhile, I hope you're doing well.

Saaleha Idrees Bamjee said...

evocative.