These poems are by my friend Asif Iqbal ............ a budding poet and an engineer ............ They have been posted as they have been received.

On the Bride and Groom

As a groom you go
and see a bride
ornamented, beautiful
but beauty sans pride

Come and watch
Its a show, its free
zoo animals do better
they charge a fee

they ogle they talk
and then they go
to decide and convey
an order who can balk?

then they come back
asking dowry
and you accept
without as much as a cry?

arise awake
its time to revolt
time to prevent wrongs
and to do so with a jolt

Think you must
for its life on the line
a false step
can mean decline

some people give up
for their parents they say
but isnt their joy in yours,
ask I may?

By your sacrifice
you defeat
your very happiness
they would like achieved

you also cheat
yourself and him too
for how can you marry
someone you dont love true

Are u afraid
of the turmoil
is that something
we cannot foil?

or is it the differences that u see
of race? of religion? of money?
we were born equal
werent we?

Happen it does
Love doesnt grow
Then anything else can
only lead to woe

Listen to me world!
I have lost to you
so have you lost
for I comprise you

By sowing seeds
false sacrifice you proclaim true
can one be true to others
without being so to self too?

I wont give up
you bet I wont
thats the least I can do
I wont waver, I hope I dont

Some time before February 24th, 2002

Our friend Rekha
is gonna marry soon
and then will she come back
on a U.S Honey Moon!!

Her Hubbys a leo
one of the jungles Kings
but when it comes to home
Rekhas pulling all the strings

Our friend sudarsan
is already in a swoon
he wont need an invitation
to sing out his love tune

patience isnt easy
he will need it all the same
for a little bit of waiting
and he will win the Game

The two of you I do hope
will live a happy life
filled with love and affection
for ur husband or ur wife!!