Golden Reeds--By Sheikha A.--Pakistan and U.A.E.

Golden Reeds

and a lone bicycle

wheels large faces

slender fingered air

brush cheeks of tulips

dainty, naïve maidens;

his hands pick tenderly

rubbing lithe necks

easing off their stems

a fresh emptied vase

awaits colourful heads.

Sheikha A. is from Pakistan and U.A.E. and often finds herself in a world of oscillation that most of the times motivates her writing too. She maintains a (or tries to) blog on sheikha82.wordpress.com.