Lost Traces
Saleem Rana
None shall trace all the shadows
of my face
as it looked upon the world.
No one shall know the verses
I have omitted,
nor the dreams I had last night,
nor all the loves who never knew of my passion,
nor whether it has been given to me
to catch a glimpse of paradise
in a reverie.
Even I forget my face observed
in the looking-glass of my childhood.
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